Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

No. What is inequitable is that this House and the other House did not have an adequate opportunity to consider the Finance Bill 2011. This is a minority Government. We were compelled to enact this legislation in a very short period of time. I would have much preferred to consult further about this matter. I am not indicating that it is inequitable, but that I was open to persuasion on this issue, were other alternative sources of finance identified by the industry.