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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Do you agree with Peter Nyberg that toning down did take place in the financial stability reports?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: My understanding is that the financial stability committee deals with the financial stability reports. Is that where the toning down took place?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Did your examination find examples of toning down taking place at the financial stability committee?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you. I call Senator MacSharry.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I will give the Senator plenty of time but I need him to clarify a matter for the committee. We are dealing with the time of the report. If the question is in regard to the lead-in to the bailout programme, he may make an argument as to whether there was a conflict of interest.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I ask the Senator to take the discussion to where he wants it to be.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: The then Governor of the Central Bank.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, if Professor Honohan can keep me safe while doing so.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: That reflects very much the position of the committee, which has continued to correspond with the ECB and awaits a response from it further to our most recent correspondence.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Senator MacSharry should ask a question rather than making a statement as to what he believes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Briefly.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I will move toward the wrap-up and will invite Deputies O'Donnell and Michael McGrath, as lead questioners with five minutes each, followed by one minute of questioning from each of the other members. To wrap this up, I refer to one thing that did not come up this morning but which has come up in the other sessions. The Governor mentioned the domestic standing group in his report. Can he...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Who were the parties in the domestic standing group?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Going back to then, what was it to do and did it do it?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I suppose the question I am asking of the Professor is whether the group realised the purpose of its creation.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the professor.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: There are communications going on between this committee and-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I will give you some time at the end, if you do not mind.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (15 Jan 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: The next questioner is Senator Barrett, who has one minute. There is one minute each for every questioner after that.