Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Just for a second. Is it not a safe economic policy to follow at all times to be able to intervene and change the impetus if necessary, based on information emerging at the time? The EU made some such policies some years ago. It continued with the policy without necessarily changing it until it was too late. Is it not a good thing for governments at all times to observe the changes taking place, take the necessary steps that need to be taken and implement them in a way that is supportive of the economy and general economic policy?