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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: This is your document and not a committee document yes?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: All right. It's probably not on our system, no.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Just to get clarity - I'll afford Deputy McGrath a bit of extra time here - we established earlier with you, Mr. Doyle, that there was legislation that was available through the nationalisation of a bank and that Anglo could've been nationalised on the evening. Given the comments that you said there and your quote with regard to Professor Honohan, I suppose the obvious question, is why was...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: And I'm not-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I'm not being pedantic and I will afford Deputy McGrath time to come back in, but you see, it's one thing to say, "Let's go and nationalise a bank." That's a very abstract concept. What I'm trying to establish is on the evening, was there a concretised proposal that said, "We can nationalise Anglo Irish Bank, we do have legislation here and we can move it." So the argument in terms of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you. Deputy McGrath.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. And we may come back to this in the supplementaries-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: -----afterwards, Deputy. Senator Michael D'Arcy.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Page 7. Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: You can in general terms as long as you don't be specific in terms of personalities or institutions.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay, I now propose, given that Senator D'Arcy has concluded his questioning, that we would take a short break. It is now 4.40 p.m., that we would suspend until 4.55 p.m., and resume at that time. In doing so, if I could just remind the witness that once he begins giving evidence he should not confer with any other person other than his legal team in relation to his evidence or matters to...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Can I now propose that we go back into public session? Is that agreed? And the next questioner is Deputy John Paul Phelan. Deputy, you've ten minutes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I'll afford you a bit of time, Deputy Phelan.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I'll afford you a bit of time.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: All right. The question is made.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Sorry, Deputy, I'm moving on.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I'm after giving you lots ... I'm after giving you more leverage now than I ... than others, in fairness, and-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: -----you've been chasing salary levels and ... I don't know how that's relevant to the lines of inquiry. If you can make an argument for that, I'll facilitate it but if it's just kind of looking into somebody's wallet, I'm just moving on. Deputy Higgins.