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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: But why you? Why you particularly, would they have come to? Had you a position, were you dealing with this particularly?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: So you would have got this from David Doyle, who would have been obviously forwarded this on from him to you, you worked with Eoin Dorgan who was the Minister of Finance's press secretary. Now, these two statements, the draft Government press release, which is document TAB AM, and then TAB AN, which is the revised version, right, there's no great difference in those documents bar you say the...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, we've had many witnesses come in and say that there was no decision taken on any guarantee until, until a.m. on 30 September 2008. We here have a draft of a Government guarantee which came to you, that you received from David Doyle, the then general secretary of the Department of Finance, at 11 minutes past nine on the evening of the 29th. The question I want to know is ... which is six...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, no, I only want ... I'm purely dealing with the press statement you received, the draft press statement you received on 29 ... at 9.00-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Had you seen previous drafts?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Had you had discussions with the Central Bank regarding looking at putting a guarantee in place?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, final question. Were discussions taking place with the Central Bank and the Department of Finance about putting a guarantee in place, as in this draft, which was a six-month guarantee, just for deposits - did not cover bondholders? Were discussions taking place prior to the night of the guarantee?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: But is it not fair to say, Mr. Beausang-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Beausang, from what you've provided us here with the draft press statement, was a guarantee not already decided by Government ... the outline of a guarantee, which was a guarantee for all deposit holders for six months for the six institutions? Was that not already decided by Government?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. Why not?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: But you had received ... you had received an e-mail from David Doyle, the then general secretary of the Department of Finance, to work with the Government press secretary for the Minister of Finance, Eoin Dorgan, to come up with a statement.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: And did that reflect what was in that draft-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Final ... did that reflect ... from the discussions you saw with the Governor and the Taoiseach when you were present in the meeting on the night of the guarantee, did that reflect what you had come across?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: So there was a blanket guarantee?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is very quick. There was a blanket guarantee-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Very quickly, Chairman ... it's only one-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was a blanket guarantee in place when this draft ... was a blanket guarantee, had it been decided upon when this draft-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: ------guarantee ... statement was drafted?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Welcome Professor Honohan. Can you discuss the interaction between the Financial Regulator, the Department of Finance and the ECB in relation to legislative changes in regulation? Do you believe that the relationship ensured the Financial Regulator was able to communicate its views and concerns effectively? And the core document is Vol. 2, page 3 to 18, which is the Central Bank of...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: If a crisis situation arose again-----