Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Okay. Mr. Cardiff, in your statement, on page 2008 or 208 - 2008, Freudian slip there - 208 you say, "I had spoken to the Minister during the summer [this is the summer of 2010] about the necessity to make greater upfront fiscal adjustments for 2011, and to announce them early." You go on to say that at a gathering of senior civil servants in September or early October you outlined the issues and "demanded their active participation in the adjustment processes that would be required." Is this the "be a hero speech" that you're referring to in terms of your address to the civil servants that is referenced in the documents that you attached?