Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Brian Cowen:

No. They ... they requested a meeting. We were in the process of having our meeting and it was intimated to me that the bankers had looked for a meeting with us. And, I said, well will we meet them? And ... okay we'll meet them and they came in around 9.30 p.m. or so. So that's my recollection of it, but it ... now, did they make the request earlier than 6.15 p.m., when I sat down? I'm not sure. My understanding is that they indicated that they wanted to meet myself and the Minister for Finance, and we agreed to meet them. And, they came in on that basis. But, it wasn't on the basis of "we'll discuss this", it was just them looking for a meeting and ... said, come in, and these ... obviously it was ... it was about what was happening-----