Mr. Charlie McCreevy:

Well it would be ... the way all budgets were being decided in my day is that the Estimates were done in one particular box and then it is left ... there's a Government decision made that the taxation arrangements will be discussed between the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Finance. I'm sure now it's done by the ... the council, the economic council this Government has. And that's how all budget taxation changes were made.