Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Can I just go ... move on to the whole issue around the bailout and, obviously, your area of expertise in the media and that? What follow-up with the media took place, we'll say, on foot of Professor Honohan's telephone call, that fateful telephone call to "Morning Ireland" on the morning of 18 November from Frankfurt announcing to the public that he expected negotiations to lead to a very substantial EU-IMF bailout and what advice did you, as his adviser, give to the Minister on how to deal with Governor Honohan's announcement? Were you surprised?