Mr. Charlie McCreevy:

No, the only time we ever had any big discussion with the Irish economy in Brussels was, as I spoke about earlier, was on the 2001 reprimand from the EU Commission ... or from the Council, sorry, to be quite correct, on the recommendation of the EU Commission, as enforced by the Council of Ministers. That was the only time that I can remember that ever there was any great, detailed discussion. In fact, I remember, in all other years, that the stability update of the Commission and their comments, if you look, was very complimentary on Ireland vis-à-viswhat they said about other countries so the answer to that question is "No".