Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Brian Cowen:

No, the discussions ... I had a discussion with the then Taoiseach when I returned from being away on St. Patrick's Day to brief him on what had happened while I was away in terms of the calls I'd got and the fact I had referred Anglo Irish Bank down to the regulatory authorities in respect of this issue that they were talking about - an overhang of shares in relation to the Mr. Quinn issue. So obviously, when I came home, I updated the Taoiseach about that verbally and I don't recall anything after that, from that time on. There were changes, as you know, after that, but the ... that ... I do recall briefing him on that issue.