Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That fact is not controverted by the European Commission. That state aid approval given for the State guarantee confirms the necessity of the decision. The Deputy will continue to come to this House for the next 18 months as he has for the past 18 months saying he did not agree with that decision. That is fine as it is his position. The consequences of going with his policy position at the time would have been a meltdown in the financial system.

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