Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes, in the thing. So, a question in two parts, which I'll ask at the one time for, that No. 1, your written statement and your colleague's written statements to come, the verbal one might be different, as happened today, there is no acceptance of responsibility whatsoever for any part in the property bubble and the banking disaster. Today, you did put it in, and you expressed regret. Did you do that as an afterthought? That's part A and part B, there were very, very high levels of remuneration for you in bonus terms, Mr. McCarthy, including €1.1 million in 2008, which was the year when the whole thing tanked. Do you think that that might sound extraordinary to the ordinary person out there or not?