Mr. Alan Gray:

So I think there may be some semantics here that are, sort of, important to be clear on. Nobody asked me to prepare an agenda for the meeting. I was invited, on behalf of the Taoiseach, to attend the meeting to outline any views I had on unemployment and on the ... what was happening in the economy - which is something that many governments have done at different periods - and I put in a lot of effort in advance of the meeting, including talking to some international economists about their perspectives and ideas, and I turned up at the meeting with my detailed notes. So-----