Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Pat McArdle:
Well, let me ... the answer to that, Deputy, is no. I said earlier, on the morning after the guarantee, it was a surprise. We all know what happened after that, when the €64 billion effectively materialised over the following two-and-a-half years and I would think ... first of all, nobody there on the night at the guarantee envisaged it, I would say, No. 1, and certainly, as far as I'm concerned, for me, I certainly did not envisage it. I had no idea that the commercial book for the banks was in such a state.
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