Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for Finance may well have to go to court shortly in pursuance of this matter and I referred to that in my conversation with the President. The assertion in the Kelly argument with regard to Mr. Geithner was an assertion arising from a meeting that took place in Asia last November. The matter was not on the agenda for the G7, but I understand it came up in some side conversations and I have no evidence of what was actually discussed. When I met Mr. Geithner in Washington, we talked about the Irish situation, in which he was very interested, and he attended the meeting the following day in the Oval Office with the President. He retains a strong interest in seeing that Ireland meets its challenges and gets out of these difficulties. His President committed himself to supporting Ireland in whatever way he can and I am very grateful for that.

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