Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I am not willing to get into personalities on the floor of the House. I am making the point that there has been substantial change in the board management structure of five of the six institutions since the guarantee was given. The Attorney General, the legal adviser to the Government under the Constitution, was present throughout the discussions on the guarantee. Lest there be further misrepresentation of my position, let it be clear that neither the chief executive officer of the Irish Nationwide Building Society nor the then chairman of Anglo Irish Bank made any representations to me whatsoever in connection with the guarantee.

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