John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chairman, you beat me to it. Can I welcome Dr. Somers. A few things that have come up from other questions that I just wanted to ask you. Actually, initially, it's been covered on and off in the media for many years that the NTMA had a somewhat, at times perhaps, uneasy relationship with the Department of Finance and with, maybe, other agencies like the Central Bank.

Was that the case? And you were there from the start. Did the relationship change over the years?