Mr. Brian Cowen:

No, I would get ... once a thing comes to the Minister, you get whatever the official position is. But if there are ... he may have emphasised to me certain things about downside risks, or upside risks, you know, he may ... his job would be to reflect if people are saying, "Look I'm going with this report, but I'd like you to bring it to the attention of the Minister that some of us are a little bit more pessimistic about that than others." I'm sure any conscientious chairman or chief executive would reflect that and sometimes I would hear the Governor speaking. And he's a very measured man. He's not a man prone to exaggerated language. He's ... he would give the view and would give it, I would think, conscientiously.