Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Can you tell me about the proximity of the Commission to the ECB when it came to addressing the Irish situation? I mean, you said to Deputy McGrath that later on in the negotiations the ECB was channelling the view of the Commission. But prior to any, kind of, formal negotiations, how close are the ECB and the Commission in terms of their view of Ireland and their contacts ... their co-operation in addressing the Irish case?