Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

They are always in denial. It is a case of, "No one saw me, it wasn't me, it was the other fellow". The record of the House shows that Sinn Féin voted. In my view, the Deputy is correct on the facts, because the House was misled on the night. When we asked whether it was a liquidity crisis or an insolvency crisis we were solemnly assured by the Minister that it was only a liquidity crisis and that the banks were quite solvent. We voted on that basis and it looked like the right thing to do on the night. Therefore, I do not blame the Deputy but he should admit what his party did and he should not be pretending that they did something different-----

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