Mr. Jonathan Sugarman:

The simple answer is "No", because five years earlier Senator David Norris had asked the then Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, for an explanation, and that is on the record of Seanad Éireann. Surely it is there for all to see, especially for committees of the Houses. By then, Deputy Joan Burton, before she became a Minister, had raised the issue in Dáil Éireann with the then Minister, Brian Lenihan, as well. Surely, if my issue appears on the publicly available records of Seanad Éireann and Dáil Éireann, it is more than sufficient for committees operating within the Houses to access that information.