Mr. Martin McGuinness:

During the course of any of the North-South Ministerial Council meetings, there was never any reference or criticism whatsoever from anybody in respect of what was happening in the South. The sole interest of the Ministers who were there from the North was to impress upon the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, the belief we had that this needed to be handled very sensibly, consistent with ensuring that we would not see a collapse of our economic fortunes.