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

Okay. Mr. Cardiff, in his witness statement, commented to this inquiry - I think he commented on the Jean-Claude Trichet letter of 19 November 2010, to the late Minister for Finance - and in many ways he, Mr. Cardiff ... Mr. Cardiff's commentary, in many ways "the letter was entirely superfluous since it was already clear by the time of the letter that the Government was going to opt into a programme". Is that also your understanding at that time, that the Government was going into a programme?