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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: The agenda that you said, I think, Mr. Gray drew up.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes. And at no point ... just to be clear on what you understand, Mr. Drury, at no point did you leave any of the individuals alone for a long period of time or any period of time at all in which to have a side conversation?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Before and after-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: -----any moment where someone said, "I'd like to speak to you for a moment, have you got ten minutes?" and-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: But, just to be clear-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: -----the purpose of the ... the day itself-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: -----was not to allow those types of informal contacts to happen-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: -----unbeknownst to you.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: I take that point.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: I take that point. Do you have a special access pass to Government Buildings?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: You didn't have? No.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. Just then, one of the final areas I want to look at in this ... this area of questioning is the ... the phone call around St. Patrick's Day in 2008. Is it your understanding that Mr. Cowen did or did not speak to Mr. FitzPatrick following your intervention?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: He did.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. And did you speak to either of the participants in the phone call-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes, afterwards ... after they had had that chat. Did Seán FitzPatrick call you back to say "Thanks for arranging that. By the way he said X."

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: So the end result of the phone conversation between the two that you set up was a meeting with the Central Bank. As far as you're aware, that was ...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (30 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay.