Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The Taoiseach is an intelligent man. I do not know if there is anything wrong with his hearing but the question I asked was if it was appropriate not for him, but for a member of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, IFSRA, Mr. Gray, to be in the position he was in. I asked directly of the Taoiseach why he did not offer the information. I heard his responses regarding Mr. Drumm and in regard to the ongoing situation in the United States. Lest there is any doubt in the mind of the Taoiseach or anybody else in regard to why these questions are being posed, this is not about whether he was involved in any dodgy deals in Druids Glen - I do not believe that to be the case - but, as the Taoiseach knows, about trying to establish the extent of the information that he and his Minister for Finance may or may not have had when they came into this House and presented their bank guarantee proposals that have almost sunk this economy.

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