Mr. Brian Cowen:

I'm not so sure it's as big an issue as has been suggested. But you can have different views and perspectives on how quickly the housing market is going to pick up or go down, etc. It's not sort of a hanging offence one way or the other. But it's ... I suppose it's important that people be mindful of all opinion within a section and make sure that it's conveyed in some way to the Minister. If that's a way of making sure that people's views are being respected, I suppose.