Mr. Ed Mulhall:

I am aware of criticism of Professor Honohan, that he was stepping out of his appropriate line, but in that period of time there was so much confusion in terms of what people were saying and what people were not saying on the issue, that it was a welcome clarification. Certainly, from the journalistic end of it there was real frustration that people were not being straight in terms of replying to questions or not answering questions that they were being asked.