Mr. Fintan Drury:

Because I felt that the issue is one which covers a very wide span. I was being asked by this committee, by the banking inquiry, to give my perspectives as a non-executive director of Anglo Irish Bank. I may have views on how our country is governed, how our economy is managed, how banks are regulated, how different institutions of the State interact with Government and interact with the Oireachtas, but those are views which I did not believe were particularly relevant to the specific role that I had as a director of ... a non-executive director of Anglo Irish Bank. And my sense is that if my involvement as a director of Anglo Irish Bank is what people want to inquire of me, then I'm happy to give whatever insights I can, but to-----