Michael McCarthy (Labour)

If he was not afraid of having met Mr. Seánie FitzPatrick and having not discussed the business of the bank - which is stretching credibility to a new limit - why did he keep this information to himself?

Does the Leader agree that in the interests of transparency, honesty and the country's good fortunes, the Taoiseach should make himself available for interview by the Garda Síochána, which is investigating the hookery and crookery that went on in Anglo Irish Bank? There now is a link between Fianna Fáil and Anglo Irish Bank and if the Members opposite thought the figure of 14% revealed in last weekend's poll was bad, the next poll will be much worse.