Professor Patrick Honohan:

Can I just respond to Deputy Doherty's other point. I certainly did not want to pick him up on focusing on a word. It was myself I was blaming for focusing on this word and whether it was "intrusive" or not. I regret not having given the Deputy a more categorical answer in the first place.

It is a fair question. I hate getting caught on particular words that are not of my own choosing but in this case it was one of my choosing, but five years ago.