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

Ciarán Lynch: But also, Mr. Doyle, that's also the bricks and mortar of it. That's where the houses actually were. It wasn't just the planning. The bricks and mortar were in different parts of the country where nobody wanted to live. So what we had was an overproduction of houses at the time, it was having an impact upon the economic figures, it was having an impact upon the employment levels. And the...

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

Ciarán Lynch: But it continued on.

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

Ciarán Lynch: But you were in the Department ... but you were in the Department at the time. Did you ... did you not have an observation on it?

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

Ciarán Lynch: I ... I'll simplify the question. I'll simplify the question. Was the percentage of the Irish economy that was into the property sector and the direct and indirect relationships that it had, both in terms of the ... it ... it's sheer size, 25% - consumption taxes and other things come with it - did that have an influence or any bearing in terms of how that sector would be actually...

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

Ciarán Lynch: Senator O'Keeffe.

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

Ciarán Lynch: The second question-----

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

Ciarán Lynch: Well, don't be asking it, so, if you don't want to know anything about it.

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

Ciarán Lynch: I'll let Mr. Doyle to make the judgment of responding to that now.

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

Ciarán Lynch: You can.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Or privately.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Thank you. Deputy Doherty.

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

Ciarán Lynch: I would always give members advice that when they move into an area that is somewhat sort of eyebrow raising for me-----

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

Ciarán Lynch: -----that they would discuss that with legal before we actually move into that area.

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

Ciarán Lynch: I don't know if you've done that, Deputy ... or, Senator.

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

Ciarán Lynch: But it's still ... it's still an eyebrow raising moment for me if you're inside in that space and-----

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

Ciarán Lynch: -----and I would ask people to talk to legal before. I don't know where you're going with it.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Thanks for that answer. We're moving on, okay. Deputy Doherty.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Be mindful of the language now, Deputy.

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

Ciarán Lynch: You should wrap up now, Deputy, shortly.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you. Deputy MacSharry.