Professor Alan Ahearne:

My invitation to come here was to discuss early warnings and contrarian views, and that is what I have prepared in my statement. To be honest, I would have to look up my records if we are dealing with some other issues. This is the context phase, and I was invited in that context. I know the committee will move on to the nexus phase when it will deal with subsequent issues. I would be delighted to come back, if I am invited, and discuss those issues. I am happy to deal with the issues when I was working for Brian Lenihan but, in fairness, in order to give accurate answers, if the Deputy wants to ask me about some of the details, I would need to have a look back at my records.