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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: And how did you ... how did it come about? Because it doesn't appear to have been discussed any time before the budget or in terms of-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Well, enlighten us, Mr. McCreevy.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: When did you first bring it up with Cabinet?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why not?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Well, let's-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Let's bring you up to 2003-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----because I'm running out of time here.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: When was this?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: But in the ... all I really want to know really is the decision-making process.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: When you come forward to 2003, what due diligence was done in terms of the announcement? When did you first bring it to Cabinet-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----because you announce it on budget day, so enlighten us as to when you first brought it to Cabinet with due ... and what due diligence was done prior to the announcement?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: When did you first bring it to Cabinet?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: When?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: So, you had the approval of Cabinet-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: -----when you announced it?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Well------

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I move onto in your last budget, in 2004? In your 2003 budget, you said about the tax allowances and all the various reliefs, "All of these schemes, without exception, are to end on the 31 December 2004". You said there was no justification. You came along then to your 2004 budget and you said:Last year I announced the termination of a series of major tax reliefs from the end of 2004....

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: That's the 2004 budget.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, that you ... that you announced in December 2003.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, 2004 budget announced in December 2003.