Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

During that time, Mr. Neary, were you masters of your own fate in making these decisions or were there external agencies saying to you, "The economy is booming, there's a lot of income coming in in these sectors, don't scare the horses or whatever"? Or were these decisions that you ... there were no decisions in regard to the matters I spoke about before 2006 and 2007. Were you in complete control at that time not to make those ... and not make those decisions at the same time?