Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I stated that I had not read the entirety of the report, which contained 120 pages on each of six financial institutions, that I had been briefed extensively by my officials on it, that I had met the author of the report and that the matter was listed in the report as an issue to be addressed by the Department, and not a risk factor. Naturally, my concern was directed at risk factors, as should be the case for any Minister for Finance and as pointed out by the Deputy in the opening preamble to his questions. In looking at a 720 page report on the Irish banking system, a Minister for Finance will focus on risk factors.

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