Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On freedom of information generally, I will deal with the issues with which the Taoiseach took great liberty on the European question. I remind him that he voted for the bank guarantee himself and he had a conversation with the then Minister for Finance, the late Brian Lenihan, on the bank guarantee and the rationale for it. The Taoiseach gave him clear approval to go ahead and do what he had to do. Everybody knows the fundamental rationale at the time was articulated publicly in the context of liquidity in the banking system.

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