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

I'll return to the root of my question though, Mr. Bruton ... or, Minister Bruton. As a ... as if ... the senior person in opposition in any political party other than the party leader is the finance spokesperson. It is the person who engages in all the big operations inside in the House. You do it for Question Time, you do it for parliamentary questions, Ministers' question time, all the rest of it, and that position is also based upon ongoing contact, which ... I assume that you would have had contact with senior Department of Finance officials at the time or you would have had regular contact with them or sought regular contact. Would I be right in that regard, yes?