Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

The Minister acknowledged, by way of a reply to a parliamentary question tabled by me, that the bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank which matured at the end of September, the anniversary of the guarantee, were repaid in full on the evening of 30 September. Does he agree it was tactically foolish not to disclose that information to the Dáil and, therefore, allow and encourage a debate in regard to those bondholders, or that element of them which I believe is approximately €9 billion, and negotiation with them? In fact, he knew they had been paid in full. Had that statement been made-----

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