Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Richie Boucher:
I don't think we had a ... I have no recollection of us having as direct a view on that. I think we felt it was inevitable that some wouldn't and there needed to be plans for those. But we weren't as focused on ... I've read Mr. Gleeson's testimony. His testimony said on 28 September, they had information that we didn't have, that two banks were going to be dealt with and four banks were going to be guaranteed. We didn't have that information. I don't recall us being as, I don't want to use the word pejoratively, as fixated on what ... we just ... you know, as to whether or not two other banks should survive, as AIB have testified. But at the same time, I would also be ... I don't have a personal recollection of AIB as being vehement, as has been reflected in the commentary to the committee.
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