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

Okay. Mr. Cardiff, when he was before this inquiry here, in his witness statement, commented upon Jean-Claude Trichet’s letter in response to one of 19 November 2010 to the late Minister for Finance, and he says: "In many ways this letter was entirely superfluous, since it was already clear by the time of the letter that the Government was going to opt into a [bailout] programme." Would you concur with the statement that Mr. Cardiff said?