Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Richie Boucher:

I was surprised to hear his testimony that it was him. It wasn't discussed with the group. There was no strategic decision taken as to whether or not it was a good or a bad idea. In fairness though, Deputy, even in my testimony what I was trying to convey was that, you know, there was a lot of phone calls happening, there was a lot happening, people were in quite a stressed situation and Mr. Goggin has explained to you a distressed situation. There were technical calls. What my feeling is inside, it's not for me to say what happened to people who were on the pitch at the time - I was more in the dugout in that - but I was thinking more about implementation, rather than technical details.