Mr. Brian Cowen:

Well, the Minister for Finance was concerned that there would be efforts made in that regard. He was also concerned about some comments that were being made at the time, at various meetings he was attending, as to what conditionality people had in mind - some of it official, some of it unofficial. So he was making it very clear that that was not up for ... that was a cornerstone of our industrial policy that we did not want to touch and would not touch.