Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said, in so far as the banking inquiry committee is concerned, my Department will be as open and transparent as it can be in accordance with the law. That means a small number of documents may be withheld or redacted. Obviously, the Department will liaise with the committee in respect of the requests it makes.

I do not know what information the Deputy has about the bank guarantee that he knows it was a night of long phone calls. Obviously, he will have an opportunity to give his information about that in due course.

It is not a case of showering the citizenship with embellishments.

It is not a case of that at all. This was an agreed intention in respect of the programme for Government, and it is not being followed through in terms of legislating for confidentiality. It is already in the Constitution and I am happy that, with those two provisos, it is a very good reason, as endorsed by the people in 1997.

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