A cabinet minister says the Banking Inquiry will not be "derailed" by the early release of some crucial evidence to be heard this week.
The former secretary general at the Department of Finance Kevin Cardiff isn't due before the inquiry until Thursday, but key portions of his evidence have already appeared in newspapers.
The 380 page submission rejects evidence given by former ECB President Jean Claude Trichet and says the late Brian Lenihan wasn't convinced about a broad guarantee of the banks until after a private meeting with Brian Cowen.
Transport minister Paschal Donohoe says it's a 'pity' that Kevin Cardiff's evidence has been pored over before he's had a chance to deliver it himself.
But he says the inquiry will not be interrupted as a result of the early leak:
Fianna Fáil's Seán Fleming says while the law may have been broken in the material being leaked, the inquiry can't afford to spend time investigating it:
