Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

Would it not be reasonable to ask the potential liability the Government is covering with this guarantee? For the Minister to offer to write to me does not give me a good answer. The public in general were unaware that there were additional liabilities the Government was covering in December. This was brought to the attention of the public on the EU website and it was repeated on the Anglo Irish Bank website. I will put the question again: the Minister is the man who issued the guarantee and so what was the quantum he was guaranteeing?

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