Mr. John Hurley:

So, going to the night then, as we went up to Government Buildings, I had come to the conclusion that there was going to be very little option. There were nationalisation questions around as well and so I hadn't actually made a total, final view until that debate in relation to nationalisation was concluded. But I did come to the view that it looked ... I had ... I did change my mind that there was very little option but to go the broad guarantee route and I did have that preliminary discussion prior to the meeting on the guarantee in the ante-room at the ... in the Department of the Taoiseach.