Mr. John Hurley:

This ... this ... this is a function for the ... it ... it was never ... it was never sought by me because what you ... what you would ... what you're suggesting there is you can have a monetary policy for Ireland. That is not the position. There is an overall monetary policy for the euro area and that, simply, is the way it has to be determined. And that's the legislative requirement on me as a member of the governing council.