I am at a loss to know why the Minister of State's colleague, the Minister for Finance, voted for the Stability and Growth Pact exemption for the two largest countries in the EU. Quite obviously there is some covert agenda. It is obvious the Minister for Finance sees that if they can get an exemption, so can he. However, this is wrong because once one begins to breach the rules, the rule book goes out the window. The pact was a central cog as regards keeping the European economy on side.