John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chairman. Good afternoon, or good evening, Minister. Firstly, can I turn to the matter touched on by Deputy Doherty in relation to Mr. Aynsley's evidence. I'm dealing in general terms. There's a couple of quotes that I want to put to you. He alleged in his evidence that there was interference in certain transactions in relation to certain clients within IBRC. One of the, the first quote is:

There were times where specific client names were mentioned, and I can think of one in particular where the specific name was mentioned as one that the Minister would not really like to have to stand up and defend in public. There are a couple of these ... in fact, there was more than one of those.

Were you aware before he gave evidence here that, you know, there was allegedly people within the Department of Finance who were making these representations on your behalf to IBRC?