Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are back in public session. Is that agreed? Agreed. Can I ask members and those in the public Gallery to ensure that their mobile devices are switched off. We begin today's hearings with Mr. Alan Merriman, who is former finance director at EBS. In doing so I would like to welcome everyone to the public hearing of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis. Today, much of the focus of the inquiry is on EBS. At this morning's session we will hear from Mr. Alan Merriman, former director of finance at EBS. And Alan Merriman joined EBS in July 2005 where he was finance director until March 2009. Previously he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was a partner. Mr. Merriman is now the chief executive at Elkstone Private. Mr. Merriman you are very welcome before the committee this morning.