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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay. Taoiseach, did Fine Gael know about the dangers to the economy going into the '07 election? Did it see the risks ahead in terms of the banking sector, or the property sector?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I don't mean to cut you short, I'm short on time myself. I'm talking, though, about 2007 and the Opposition ... and Fine Gael, as the main Opposition party, going to the people. Did it raise ... or, sorry, did it actively decide not to raise the dangers of the economy or the potential risks that were coming down the line as part of that message to the people that goes on in a campaign?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay. We have the liquidity problems in the banks then coming to light in '07. We come then into September 2008 and, looking at the Dáil records immediately after the night of the guarantee, we see Michael Noonan, in the Dáil, questioning the solvency ... the potential risk to solvency of the banks. Why didn't Fine Gael, as a party, put that position forward? And why did Fine...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: And just a final-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you, Chair. Just then, if you felt that was the responsible position in terms of the Oireachtas, in terms of opposition, what did you view then of Labour's position not to support the guarantee?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: In '08?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But were ... I mean, did you support the guarantee with those views taken on board by the Government or regardless of whether they were taken on board or not?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Chair, we've treated no other witnesses like this.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: We have not.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: We haven't had this lack of discipline in questioning or timing.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you, Chair, and thank you to both witnesses. I want to address, if I may, the role of Opposition and the ability, more actually, the ability of Opposition to hold the Government to account when it comes to big decisions like the guarantee. So, Tánaiste, when the guarantee was put on the table and put before the Dáil, did you consult with Richard Bruton as to whether or not...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I just-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I beg your pardon, Tánaiste, it's just that question about whether or not you consulted with Richard Bruton in those following days-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: -----as to what position the Opposition would take?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Tánaiste, again I am just trying to look at the mechanics of opposition and how the Opposition might hold the Government to account. So Deputy Rabbitte, if I may, did you ever attempt to approach Enda Kenny and Fine Gael to see if the Opposition would take a united position on whether or not to support or vote against the guarantee decision?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Were you surprised then at the position that they took and did you seek to change that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But did you know something that Fine Gael or the Government didn't, that enabled you to take the position that you took? You mentioned that Eamon Gilmore had already gotten phone calls about subordinated debt, so what did you know that others didn't that allowed you to vote against the guarantee decision?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But given the fears that you had about the future of the country, which, you know, transpired to be, you know, appropriate fears, why not try and get the senior Opposition party in line with your thinking to try and oppose this so that the Dáil could hold the Government to account responsibly in that regard?