Professor Patrick Honohan:

This is a ... I mean, obviously you're talking about very important, powerful, and well-connected people, some of whom have sat on committees at the ECB. And some of the things that have happened in political history in Europe you can ... can obviously be criticised. But the ECB or anything ... any part of it that I've had any dealings with has had no discussions formally or informally about that, and I have no part personally, if that's the question, nothing to do with that at all.