Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No. That is too much of a comfort blanket for Mr. Lynch to cling to. He knew exactly about the deal that was done to underwrite the Renault deal and the payments involved. The tripartite agreement was not just about the Renault deal in year one; it was about the three top-up payments. Mr. Lynch distinctly told our committee that he "asked each individual executive board member to give me a guarantee that they knew nothing about the underwriting, which was given to me".