Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude on a point with which, I am sure, many people will agree. If we consider what happened during the term of office of his predecessor, the late Brian Lenihan Jr., the period prior to the 2008 bank guarantee and the arrival of the IMF and what is taking place this week, there is no doubt that the Minister never intended to come before the House in the middle of the night in order to have this legislation passed. What is happening now must be plan B and it is a result of what, in my view, has happened consistently at critical times during Ireland's financial crisis, namely, a leak. Who leaked the information regarding the proposed liquidation of IBRC and who stands to benefit from that leak? Who at that highest level within the ECB has access to information which can be used to bury this country?