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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: And you've not done any reports in terms of lending or anything in relation to that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: I'm not suggesting you were.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. That's fine. I just want to know your level of awareness in terms of the sector that you're representing. The final question is, again I want to go back to this issue that was ... that I discussed in my opening remarks and it's page 83. You mentioned that you were just passing on, this in terms of what could be suggested as lobbying in relation to Depfa Bank, you said you were...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Is it your contention that this representation to Dermot McCarthy of the Department of the Taoiseach was passing on representations that you received from Depfa Bank? That's my understanding of the evidence that you provided here before.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: But you passed on a lobby from the IBF to Dermot McCarthy, not something from ... you weren't acting ... you suggested that you were representing the industry and you were passing on a lobby from the industry to the Department of the Taoiseach.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: But there is no ... there is no lobby here from the actual individual bank. It's an e-mail from yourself looking for support for an e-mail from the IBF looking for Depfa Bank.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, but can we just stick to the e-mail and the lobbying that you may have been involved in? Do you acknowledge that there is no representation in this e-mail from Depfa Bank or, indeed, any other institution in this e-mail and the stream of e-mails?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Well, the question-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: I'm aware of that. But the point I'm ... and the point I'm getting at, Mr. Farrell-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: But there is ... where ... point to me where you passed on those representations. This is an e-mail, which shows that you're looking for support from the Department of the Taoiseach to support a representation from the IBF to include Depfa and another bank under the guarantee. The question I'm asking: how are you saying that you're passing on representations? There is no ... it doesn't...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes. But ... how did you pass them on, is my question?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: And that detail to ... the e-mail is from the IBF not from Depfa? It's signed by-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Can I ask you, the original representation to the Department of Finance was on 14 October looking for Depfa to be included in the guarantee. You then issue a two-liner looking for the Department of Taoiseach's general secretary to support the request that was made the day before. What was ... what instigated ... what happened between half past three on 14 October and the time, the following...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Do you ... did you not, then ... can I ask you, finally, the original e-mail, which spells out why Depfa Bank and WestLB should be covered under the guarantee, did you not feel that that fulfilled the obligations of the Irish Banking Federation to represent, to represent the interests of the bankers which you represent?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte. Can I ask you what contacts, if any, did you have with the ECB, the IMF or the EU Commission on the design of the national recovery plan? And, if there were such contacts, what were the key actions sought by them?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, and, Mr. Trichet would have been in correspondence with the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach ... cc'd into the Taoiseach, so you would have received that correspondence, would that be-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. You were mentioning to Senator MacSharry in relation to issues that the Commission may have had in relation to the recovery plan. How were you aware of them if you weren't in any discussions with contacts?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Ms Kathy Herbert gave evidence to the committee saying that the corporation tax - on foot of a question from Deputy McGrath - was it a red line issue for the Minister and she answered that it was, not just for the Minister but for the Government. Is that your understanding?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay.