Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Thank you very much. Can I just deal with one matter that Senator Barrett was discussing with you, Ms Herbert, and that goes back to the situation in regard to ... in your own statement, you say, "It had also been made clear by the ECB that Ireland, and any other Eurozone country with banking difficulties, should do whatever was required to save their own banks." I just want to chase one line, actually, on that. What was actually ... you're not a finance expert and your role before this committee, even though you can offer opinions as to what maybe the Minister Lenihan was thinking at the time, your expertise would be the area of communications. Maybe if you could discuss what was the communication strategy that was to be developed by the Minister and the Department to counter what was maybe coming out of other quarters in the guarantee period?