Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I do not want to proceed down a road where we end up with some sort of interminable inquiry. We have had the Regling and Watson report, Governor Honohan's response, the Commission papers and all that. These questions are about a comment I made in the House about the information and evidence presented to the members of the Government before the decision on the guarantee was made. The other reports are subsequent to the bank guarantee. The Government, in its own way, will make its decision as to what is the best thing to do.

I read the good report from the Committee of Public Accounts. The committee has always had, still has and will continue to have a very high standing in the House. There is also the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform which has a different remit, or we could focus on the question of using a different committee entirely.

Last year we put this matter to the people in a referendum relating to whistleblowers and those who might want to provide information. However, what was proposed was torpedoed by the input of eight former Attorneys General-----

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