Results 13,121-13,140 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: I'll correct myself. The reports would indicate that there were problems coming down the line in the way that the structural ... the budgets were actually put in place at the time.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Well, Mr. Cowen-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: I ... I would ask people to make their own judgments when the report is actually concluded and the committee has not expressed any opinion, one way or another, and witnesses that come in before here will be given as much time as they wish to respond to any matters, so I would maybe-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Thank you Mr. Cowen. Can I just deal with one other matter and then I'll move on to Deputy O'Donnell. In your statement you said, under point 59, that and abolishment or a reduction of stamp duty would have been irresponsible before 2007 elections and that you strongly resisted such demands. How did you feel when the Taoiseach at the time, Mr. Ahern, gave an interview to the Sunday...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: The question I asked you, Mr. Ahern, were you informed of that in advance by Mr. Ahern?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Okay, thank you. Deputy O'Donnell.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: I know that. I appreciate that.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: And, sorry, the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: One second ... I'll stop the clock. Hold on a second.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: This is the first time I used the gavel since the thing actually started. Mr. Cowen, if you can refer your responses through the Chair.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Deputy, if you stop ... you'd actually have more time if you stopped talking about your time to ask questions. So what I'll do is I have the clock stopped and I will give a degree of flexibility and I do appreciate your comment, Mr. Cowen, that you are here all day and you're here all day Wednesday and I know that you're being very flexible with the committee in that time. So there will be...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Back to yourself, Deputy.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Please allow the witness time to respond.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Mr. Cowen, Mr. Kenny will be coming in in due course to talk to-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Please Mr. Cowen, now, Mr. Kenny and other .... we'll be dealing with the Fine Gael manifesto and other people will be dealing with the Labour Party manifesto-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Sorry, Mr. Cowen, now a second. I'll ask you to come back to the question, Deputy O'Donnell asked you a question. Can you refer to the question, we deal other witnesses with regard to the hearing?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Sorry now, Deputy O'Donnell-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Deputy, allow him to answer-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Deputy-----