Professor Patrick Honohan:

No. The idea to do something like this came to me late in the evening. I had already had this conversation with Brian Lenihan and I knew he wasn't going to say anything about going into a programme. I think he would have expected me to provide the assurances rather than the other way round. As I said, he wanted me to do that a couple of weeks before, so, no, I just thought it was my responsibility to do that and not just hang around and see what happens.