Results 3,561-3,580 of 6,295 for speaker:Michael D'Arcy
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Threshold.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: And did the Department ... did the Department-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: -----communicate that advice to the Minister or was it ... or not?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: You didn't communicate that advice to the Minister?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Thank you.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Mr. McNally, can I just ask your view on the SSIAs again, please? Was that an example of the Government putting its hand into the national till for their electoral gain, in your opinion?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: And the decentralisation programme, could you clarify for me, please, you were unaware of that being announced in budget '04, is that ... did you say that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: You didn't know the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: You didn't.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Okay. But you were one of the most senior people in the expenditure side.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: But you were one of the most senior people on the budget side.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: And how many people were above you?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Just the Secretary General. And you didn't know about it in the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: You didn't know the details, okay. Can I just ask one final question, Mr. McNally, and it's ... Rob Wright said he would have pressed the red button within the Department of Finance if he had been there. Is there a red button in the Department of Finance to press?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Thank you very much.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: But there's no red button as such to press?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: The question ... the concept of the red button arose when it was put to Mr. Wright as to when should the brakes have been put upon things and would you have had a view as to when the brakes should have been put upon things?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Thank you, Chairman. Mr. McCreevy, you were, I suppose, you were talking realities. Is it acceptable that a Government attempts to buy an election?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: It's a question I'm asking-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)
Michael D'Arcy: Well, I've asked the question.