Mr. Bertie Ahern:

I don't think we ever did anything irresponsible on the base into a budget and, to be honest with you, I hadn't got much competition in 2002 so I wasn't that worried about whether I'd be re-elected Taoiseach or not, so ... it might have been a bit tougher in 2007, so I don't think we were involved in doing anything that I would consider near irresponsible in 2002 because I considered my job as Taoiseach, my constitutional role, is to serve the people and do things responsibly. And I think if you ask me do I have to accept or disagree with what Mr. McCreevy said there's a touch of, that you did something irresponsible, and I don't think we did.