Professor Patrick Honohan:

I can't remember exactly where I said that but I think that I'm talking there about the various officials in the Department of Finance, that you've been talking to and will be talking to, also the Central Bank and NTMA. As far as the political communication, my line of sight into Government was almost entirely through the Minister for Finance. I also had access to the Taoiseach but I didn't speak to him all that often, so I assumed that all of that was being fully communicated to the appropriate Ministers in the Government. It seems it wasn't but----