Ms Mary Harney:

I always found Minister Lenihan to be very frank and open with me in any engagement I had with him, and generally very revealing. He did worry about leaks, obviously, for the very obvious reasons that if something inappropriate is leaked it can be self-fulfilling. I wasn't aware that Mr. Cardiff made that point to the committee, but it's probably true. Very often a line Minister would inform people that aren't of the same party in a way that they mightn't inform their colleagues, and that's not a reflection on their colleagues, it's just they want to keep things as tight as possible. I think that was the perspective he had.