Mr. Brendan McDonagh:

Hold on now, Senator, let me answer this. You asked me a question so, if you would not mind, I would like to answer it. On the night when I went into the room, the Minister for Finance wasn't there. I think coming out of the room I might've said to Mr. Cardiff, I says: "Where's Minister Lenihan" and I think the view was: "Ah, he's either gone home or sent home so that he's up early in the morning for this press conference at quarter to 7". Did I find that unusual and the fact that he would have to go home to be up early in the morning for quarter to 7? I certainly didn't. So that's it. No more, no less.