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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: At what stage were you making these complaints about not being involved?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. Were you aware of the domestic standing group's existence before you were asked to join it?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Vaguely.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: And do you think it was a mistake that you weren't involved in the process regarding the crisis sooner ... earlier?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. Thank you.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Thank you Chairman and thank you Mr. McCarthy, you are very welcome. In your opening statement on page 11, you state that: Collective responsibility requires members of the Government to support decisions once taken. The legitimate exercise of its democratic authority by the Government must be respected by officials. You were Secretary to the Government and Secretary General of the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Did you ever seek such a written direction in relation to the use of financial resources?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. And you provide the Taoiseach and the Government with advice. Is it safe to assume that you are across the same information as the Taoiseach is across?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: The information coming to the Taoiseach through the apparatus of the Civil Service or the Departments, you would be across the same information coming through that stream?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. And do you have any role in the formulation of policy?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: And do you advise on matters of judgment?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: And your ultimate responsibility is to whom? As the head of the Civil Service, who's your ultimate responsibility to?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Sorry, well, as Secretary to the Government and Secretary General to the Department of the Taoiseach, who were you responsible to?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: To the Taoiseach?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. And when we talk about the responsibility of Government, can we distinguish between the permanent government and the elected Government?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: So, when we talk about the responsibility of Government, we're talking about the responsibility of the elected Government?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. On the first page of your opening statement, you say and you stated again, "The conclusions of the Nyberg [report] give a broadly convincing account of the circumstances which led to the crisis." And, on page 7 of the Nyberg report, it says, "The Government actively supported the market over an extended period against the apparently fairly weak but clear opposition of the Department...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Were you aware of this opposition at the time?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: So you were?