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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: In the limited time that I have left the professor needs to work with me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The professor needs to work with me on this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: From a point in June-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----where basically he stated, in the public domain, that what had happened here was a "deliberate misrepresenting the position of the bank with a view to assessing financial support"-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----from the taxpayer in 2008, to a position where we now have a statement which reads: "No new issues have been identified that relate to suspected criminal offences." The professor needs to explain that in layman's terms.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Please explain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The ordinary man is looking in is saying that the banks are on record, are on the tapes and it is in the public domain, that we will give it €7 billion-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----and we will coax them into the front room.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will coax them into the kitchen so we can then bring them into the front room. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Now Professor, that is not the point. The point is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: This was new evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why was it not passed by the Central Bank on to the statutory bodies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could you not have done it in a way? Did you seek legal counsel or advice on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why could you just not have passed on the information to the statutory authorities without giving a particular viewpoint of your own? This was new evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: No. Previously Professor, you did pass on tapes to the statutory authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why did you not pass on the current tapes as well, in the interest of consistency alone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, the role of the Central Bank, the investigative role in this particular case, and I am not saying rightly or wrongly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: If you do not have an investigative role and you passed on the previous Anglo Irish Bank tapes to the statutory authorities, I would have thought that it would be logical to pass the current tapes on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (25 Sep 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, and I hate having to pursue this because I am really going into the mortgage thing. Is there any investigation under way on any particular aspect?