Mr. Brian Cowen:

Well, I wasn't aware of those specific concerns or that there was a particular individual that he had ... he was mentioning to Mr. Cardiff. I don't know about that at all. I think it's the concern of every Taoiseach, or every Minister of Finance of any Cabinet that confidentiality be respected.. It's absolutely critical for the cohesion of any Cabinet to work properly. And again there's sometimes, unfortunately, people who - I'm not saying there were in my Cabinet - but from occasions of times when people seemed to be unable to understand why that principle is so important. It's not for the purpose of being secretive. It's for ... it's the importance of having free expression of opinion and acting as a collective authority coming to a decision. And once that decision is making back that, back that decision. And if you can't back the decision, do the honourable thing and step out of the collective authority that makes the decision.