Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

He did say that. He stated that he did not read what was in the report about this loan, and that it was not drawn to his attention. He said that his officials reported it to the Financial Regulator but did not bring it to his attention. He told us that this report came before his Department in October and that he did not know about this loan until January. He has explained why. We know that he did not inform the House about this loan before the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank. Did he inform the Government about the existence of this loan before it made the decision to approve the legislation to nationalise the bank?

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