Results 24,141-24,160 of 35,894 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Okay-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Can I ask you ... when I asked Kevin Cardiff, who was here, of who lobbied for the guarantee, your name popped up. He mentioned that at a meeting on 23 May, you suggested to him that a broad statement would be made. Can you enlighten the committee as to, first of all, your recollection of that conversation with Kevin Cardiff? What was your motivation for saying that to Kevin Cardiff? Had...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Was there any lobbying done-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----in relation to any of this?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: You think you said that because your statement-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: So was that the sum total? The other part of the question was, was that the sum total of all your conversations-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----like, and I mentioned the meeting that you had with Seanie FitzPatrick in August 2008. Was there any lobbying done?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Well, sorry, it's reported that you met with a senior banker in 2008, in August 2008. That right?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: My apologies if that's incorrect.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: My ... my apologies if that ... if that's incorrect.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, but the question is that you never discussed a guarantee with anybody else outside of Kevin Cardiff?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: You have my apologies to Mr. ... my apologies to Mr. ... my apologies to Mr. McCreevy by stating as a fact, which I didn't determine what it was - it arises out of the fact that there's a chapter in this book called The FitzPatrick Tapescalled "Drinks with McCreevy [and] Dinner with Cowen" which gives, in great detail, a suggestion that there was a meeting between yourself and Seanie...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, can I just ... a couple of quick things. You say that you weren't personally close to any of the developers or builders, I think, in response to Deputy Joe Higgins. Is that a correct statement? There's-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Just let me finish the question. There's reports, and you may want to correct the reports, that you were personally very close friends with Sean Dunne and indeed were invited to his wedding in the Riviera ... which would be deemed as one of the major developers, so-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes. No, the only reason I ask you is because you've given evidence to this investigation to say, when you were on a line of questioning about the Galway tent and developers, you said, "I was not personally close to any builder." So, I just-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Well, sorry, you're entitled to your opinion in terms of my line of questioning. I was actually just-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: No, I was actually ... can I just point this out? This is evidence that you're providing to this committee and it's important that ... we're relying on your testimony as evidence. When you said, and you opened this, that you were not personally friends with any builder, then I was offering you the opportunity to correct the record in relation to your evidence-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----and, you know, whether that's ridiculous, allowing you that opportunity or not is different.