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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: And how did that change the market that you were operating? You were buying and selling.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Because?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: But why would you stop? I mean, you could have done both, no?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: But I take it that you still followed the market here and you still obviously had some interest here and some clients here?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: So do you .. do you have a view, or not, as to the impact that financial institutions buying properties might have had on the market?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: That was a change from the way the banks-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: So what ... why did they, do you think, why did they-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, they were. In terms of the high-net-worth individuals in Quinlan Private, I mean, were they across the board in Ireland or did you also have ... did they have to be Irish to be your client or could they be from anywhere?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: And did you have bankers and politicians in your-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: But the private clients themselves, did they come from a range of backgrounds?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Could financial institutions be ... the ... the expression "cashing out", could they have been cashing out through buying properties?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: In your statement, Mr. Quinlan, you refer to "Ireland Inc", I think, was the expression you used.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes. You were "a big believer in the idea of "Ireland Inc"."

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: How ... how do you believe your ... your business model and your business benefited Ireland Inc?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: What contribution do you believe developers and people in the business ... what contribution did they make to the ... to the crisis that we had?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, but I ... I appreciate that they got it wrong. But, in an Irish context, given that you would have known a lot of the key players, I'm sure, at the time - if you didn't know them, you knew of them - you understand the idea of a developer ... the ... the ... property developers emerging as a group of people in the last 20 years. What contribution do you believe they played ... you...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: And ... and you said yourself you didn't foresee that.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Is there anything that you regret, that you might have, if you like, contributed? In all the deals ... I'm not asking you about individual deal, but in all the deals that you did and all the business that you did, do you regret anything that you did that might have contributed?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Finally, what impact do you believe that NAMA has had on the property market in Ireland? In the time, I know ... I appreciate that you're not active in the way that you were but I've no doubt that you've been following and would have ... well, perhaps you have an assessment of what impact NAMA has had for people like you?