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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: And that was coming from?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. What was the guiding reason with regard to your own role in the credit committee? What were the factors that led you to decide to green light some of these developer loan applications?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: You mention in your statement in relation to these ... these loans as well that-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, just two questions on this here ... that the developers backed up their claim with a personal guarantee.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Can you explain to the committee, and to anybody that may be watching, what is a personal guarantee and what was the type of documentation that a developer would provide EBS in terms of a guarantee? And one final wee supplementary, because the Chair will cut me off, you also mention that you - through e-mail - rejected some of the loan applications. Can you inform the committee was there...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, thank you.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Cathaoirleach, agus fáilte roimh an beirt seo chuig an coiste. Ms. Harney, can I start with yourself? In your witness statement, you state that there was a short discussion on the liquidity issues in the banks at the Cabinet meeting on Sunday, 28 September 2008 but the main focus of the meeting was to deal with the decisions required for the imminent budget. I...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: And was there a discussion or did he just mention it?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: A short statement.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: But no big Cabinet discussion in relation to-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, so just raising an issue of concern in the future.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. Gormley, you mentioned in terms of the theories that are out there, you know, and the three parts, which the third part were that the Green Party was ignorant of everything that was going on. And you say that you have no evidence to suggest that that was the case. Can I ask you: did you, as leader of the Green Party ... or when did you become aware that there was legislation drafted to...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, were you aware that legislation-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, yes, that's fair enough. And were you aware that legislation was drafted to guarantee the banks?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: And outside of speaking to a journalist, in the form of Mr. McWilliams, were you aware that the Minister had been engaging with the Central Bank in relation to a guarantee, in relation to nationalising institutions prior to the phone call that you got?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: You're referred to in ... Mr. McWilliams's e-mail as the "kingmaker" of Government, but can I ask you: what is the evidence that you actually knew, or your party knew, what was going on in relation to the banking crisis, the nationalisation, the guarantee, all of the twists and turns that we've been investigating for the last number of months?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: I understand ... look, I understand that and you've given that evidence. Many people have been speaking to David McWillams. Most people aren't senior members of Government during the financial crisis. But can I ask you in relation to the evidence that you've given earlier on, that you became aware that Anglo Irish Bank was insolvent some days before the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank,...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, and Ms. Harney?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: And did he tell you that he believed that the bank was insolvent at that point in time? How do you-----