Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is beyond question that is the case. Let us not distort the facts.

One of the points I would like to make in the House, which I will finalise in terms of the first of the questions Deputy Kenny asked me, is that people can have differences of opinion about many matters. In any crisis, one can consider a number of options and decide what is the best approach. We took the most assertive action and the action we believed was the right one to take.

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