Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste said to me earlier that representatives of the banks told him at the meeting on 11 May, despite what the official minutes claim, that they could waive interest on mortgages during the payment break. Can he explain why his former colleague, Brian Hayes, who is now the chief lobbyist for the banks, has defended the banks' comments in the minutes where they state that they had to charge interest because the Regulator asked them to do so? Mr. Hayes's defence was that the rules only changed on Tuesday. Was Brian Hayes in a different meeting with the minute taker and why are there are so many different versions of the Government's meeting with the banks? Will the Tánaiste clarify his earlier comments in this regard, because they simply do not stack up?

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