180 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance to whom he placed calls externally to the Department of Finance or the Department of an Taoiseach on the night of 29 September 2008 and early morning of 30 September 2008, to seek advice in relation to the bank guarantee or other options for resolving the banking crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/11]

I did not make any external telephone calls on the night of 29 September and early morning of 30 September 2008 to seek advice in relation to the bank guarantee or other options for resolving the banking crisis. However, I did make telephone calls to the following people to advise them of the bank guarantee:

Irish Ambassador to France

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Minister for Finance, France

Irish Ambassador to UK

Mr. Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK

Monsieur Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank.