Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

No matter what I say, one way or another the Senator will hold that view anyway as he clearly does not believe what I have to say about it. That is fair enough and at least we have cleared that up. From the Senator's perspective, he will maintain that myth regardless of what I say. Similarly, my position seems to be misrepresented by the Opposition because that is the only way it can argue the matter. That is fair enough. I thought the idea of coming to the Seanad was to clarify issues rather than people continuing to throw brickbats on the basis that I was in a position I certainly was not in.