Mr. Brendan McDonagh:

The only person I spoke with in the political system, who I do not know, is the Minister, Deputy Browne. I met him once at his invitation and had a discussion about salary, as I said earlier. It was always subject to approval. If it came to approval, I had a number of things I needed to do which I made commitments to do with NAMA, and I would not have been available to commence that role until August if it came to pass, but it did not come to pass so it is moot.