Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

-----fiscal issue. The Deputy has asked a large number of questions and I am trying to conclude. On the question of payment for advice, at the time of the guarantee and of the various banking decisions, the public servants who advised me are not given any specific fee for their advice; they perform their duties as public servants. Various advisers were retained by my officials and they were paid. On the question about representations to NAMA, the position is very clear. From time to time Deputies make representations about banks and these are dealt with in the normal way through the institution but there is certainly no question of using influence or exerting pressure on the banks in that connection.

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