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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----in any event, I had no conversation of any substance with Mr. Moran.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Well, it may have ... it may have been two. I can't-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----confirm that to you. I may have made a call and ... that he wasn't there or whatever.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, I have no recollection of informing Mr. Moran of anything of substance in so far as either Fine Gael's propositions or whatever else was going on.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would have no knowledge of Anglo Irish Bank. My only connection with them ever was at the ... at a formal meeting that I attended as part of a group of Fine Gael people going to see all of the banks and Anglo made their presentation in their headquarters and Mr. Moran was there.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: No.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, it was never my business to be in contact with senior members of banks in the first place. I made the call because I was asked to do it by his brother, that he had wanted to say something to me. I reject that assertion and that allegation in that newspaper report, or in that e-mail, completely.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, all I said was that I was asked to make a call to him, that he had wanted to say something to me, or so I was led to believe. He didn't say anything to me.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Of any substance about any banks. And I gave ... I would have given no information whatsoever because I wouldn't be in possession of that information-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I don't recall mentioning anything about Fine Gael policy position in so far as recapitalisation would be concerned. I certainly would have said, as everybody would have evidence of around the country, that things were getting very difficult for business.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would never discuss Fine Gael policy or Government policy with anybody unless it was appropriate to do so and certainly not with bankers.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Well I can't recall mentioning a recapitalisation to anybody. Obviously, Fine Gael had a policy position in respect of Anglo Irish which ... We were the first party, I think, to outline what we thought should happen to it.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I think Fine Gael were obviously very concerned about what was happening to businesses and credit in the country and the situation. While the cracks had been there before 2007, obviously the people made their decision in a general election. Fine Gael adopted a policy position in respect of banks and Deputy Bruton would have all the details of that because he presented his proposals to the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Mine is switched off, to be honest with you.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Is that for me?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Well, clearly, we opposed the structure of financial regulation that had been put in place by the previous Government. Deputy Bruton will expand on the reasons that he led Fine Gael's opposition to that legislation in the Dáil, and for very good reason. We expressed concerns about the direction of the economy more generally up to 2007, including a credit growth which I pointed out in...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Well clearly the situation that was becoming evident in banks was that serious loans were being given out for very finicky reasons in many cases and clearly the extent of borrowing increased absolutely dramatically, I've given you those figures earlier on. In 2003, 2005, 2006 I pointed these out in budget contributions in the House to the Government of the day in respect of the dangers that...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: If I may interject there, Deputy, if it’s helpful actually ... in , in 2003 we did the rip off campaign at the time. In 2005, I made the point to ... the Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, at the time, about the, the construction sector had been boosted to 250,000 employees, heading towards 90,000 units. Ten or 15 years before that we were on ... based on exports and competitiveness....

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, this is not a ... it’s not a controversial statement because the pattern of appointing Central Bank Governors was almost exclusively from the ranks of senior civil servants in the Department of Finance without any external scrutiny and without any external competition. I believe that was a serious mistake. I think it’s clear that this led to the absence of any, sort of,...