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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: And banking institutions, yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, for instance, one of the earlier witnesses here, I think it was Ms Burke-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: -----made, made an observation or gave testimony here that she would have seen senior officials arriving in and going up a floor above her and coming back out with ... and the question is what are they doing here, what does that mean?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Right.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: But could this propose and maybe you could clarify this as to whether they were both formal and informal channels of communications coming from both the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator's office during this period?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: There's a famous line from "The West Wing" where two guys are walking down the corridor and there's a guy coming up the other side. And 'he's got the hump', as they would say in Cork. And one guy says, ''What's wrong with him?'' and he says, ''Well, he thinks decisions are still made in meetings''. That's what I mean by informality.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. All right, thank you very much. So we are back to finishing matters off. So I can invite Deputy O'Donnell in to wrap up, please and then Deputy Doherty.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you, Deputy Doherty.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Can I maybe rephrase it and ask you, were the financial stability reports an accurate reflection of what was happening at that time and what needed to be conveyed?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay, thank you.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay, thank you very much. With that-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, sure.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Patterson. Is there anything else you would wish to add before we bring matters to a conclusion?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Thank you. With that said, I would like to thank you, Mr. Patterson, for your participation today with the inquiry and for your engagement, and now to formally excuse you, and to thank you once more. Before I go into an adjournment, just to let members know that there are documents in the room to be collected, and please ensure that they bring them away as they're leaving today. So...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: 141. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use the Blackrock Clinic in County Dublin to provide extra theatre capacity and other facilities for the treatment of Scoliosis patients; if patients will maintain their existing position on the Crumlin Hospital waiting list; when the new arrangements will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: As we have a quorum, the Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis is now in public session and can I ask members and those in the public Gallery to ensure that their mobile devices are switched off. We begin today with session 1 public hearing and discussion with Mary O'Dea, Central Bank-Financial Regulator. In doing so, I would like to welcome everyone to the 31st public hearing of the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much, Ms O'Dea. If I can invite you to make your opening remarks to the committee, please.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much, Ms O'Dea, for your opening statement and welcome again. If I can commence this morning's questions by inviting Deputy John Paul Phelan. Deputy, you have 15 minutes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Allow time to answer as well now.