John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

But would it be ... he was implying, or no, more than implying - stating, that officials of the Department ... official level, so either officials of the Department or people from Central Bank were putting pressure on him to do this.

Like, would it be common practice that, I presume, senior officials - if they were dealing with Mr. Somers himself - would be taking such actions without the knowledge of the Minister for Finance?