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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Do you feel it should have been?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: ...capitalist. Coming from a very well-established socialist, I don't know how that balances itself out but do you, kind of, take the comment anyway? As one of Ireland's leading businessmen, do you feel that your business experience enabled to you to make a meaningful contribution to the governance of Anglo Irish Bank?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Mr. Moran, as a senior executive responsible for key functions such as financial reporting and investor relations, how important a role did you feel that you played in maintaining the image of Anglo as a solvent bank with a low risk profile?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I'll rephrase ... or, I won't rephrase the question, I'll give it back to you exactly, because the word "image" is the important part of the question here, and it's how important a role did you feel you played in maintaining the image of Anglo as a solvent bank with a low risk profile?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much. I just want you ... maybe if you would clarify there, Mr. Went, just with regard to the general board composition. Did the board feel that the amount it provided for bad debts in 2006 was correct or understated and that the notes in the accounts gave the reader enough details about the potential risk involved with the commercial portfolio?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Did the board feel that the amount provided for in bad debts in 2006 was correct or understated and if the notes in the accounts gave the reader enough detail about the potential risk involved with the commercial portfolio? You were addressing this earlier?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. And maybe Ms Harney might come in on the next question as well. If you feel free to, just indicate to me. Just staying on that particular issue, Mr. Gormley, what options did you and Government colleagues and/or advisers discuss and what were the main influencing factors to nationalise Anglo and not to recapitalise in January 2009?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Please. The witness, if they feel satisfied that they have answered the question, the question is answered, because it's very much outside the terms of reference. Are you satisfied you have answered the question, Tánaiste? Yes, yes?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: In that regard, Mr. Mulryan, just to advise you, if you are unfamiliar with it and you don't feel comfortable answering because it's unpresented material you can refrain from replying.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Just your earlier comments there, maybe just to kind of to round off Deputy Higgins's question, you said there was a massive feel-good factor back at the time, almost euphoric, I suppose, is the way some people might describe it in lots of ways. Was the media participating in a situation where it was adding to that feel-good?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: No, if you feel comfortable there, I know there are Central Bank rules on shareholders, but I think you're okay for the moment, Mr. Somers.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: ...this morning, to open up their line of questioning with you. Mr. Cowen, you were appointed Minster for Finance in September 2004 after being Minister for four other portfolios. Did you feel you were appropriately skilled for the task of managing financial stability or understanding financial regulation and how much reliance did you place on advice from the Department of Finance, Central...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: ...statement you said, under point 59, that and abolishment or a reduction of stamp duty would have been irresponsible before 2007 elections and that you strongly resisted such demands. How did you feel when the Taoiseach at the time, Mr. Ahern, gave an interview to the Sunday Independenton 27 April 2007 and during this announced the reform of stamp duty, or some change to the regime if the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: ...avoid pro-cyclical fiscal policies, as I mentioned, in the coming years. Considering this, and considering the budgets in 2006 and 2007 had been driven by rather pro-cyclical measures, how do you feel about ECOFIN's Council statement at that time? Was there a similarity and a congruence between what was being said in ECOFIN and the budgetary positions you were taking or was there a...

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

Ciarán Lynch: ...again. In that regard, if I could invite you to make any closing comments that you may wish to make, the matters that may be outstanding this afternoon that you need ... that you feel that you can give somewhat further attention to, or anything, given your extensive experience as a senior politician here in Dáil Éireann with regard to suggestions going into the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I know the feeling, Deputy, I know the feeling.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (18 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much. I'm going to bring matters to a wrap-up there, Mr. Moran, and I just want to get one feel for your understanding of the troika dynamic and the different relationships that each partner brought in your engagement with them, through the Department of Finance. And maybe if I could look at that at two levels. You touched upon it at one level with Senator D'Arcy in the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I ... I'm ... because the matters and the feeling where I'm actually I think you are actually going, Mr. Doyle, and because in my entry today, I spoke about other matters that are running concurrently and all the rest of it, I'm going to conclude that there. Senator, I'm moving on unless you have something really, really pertinent to ask that is not related to this matter?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Coming from the Central Bank or coming from Government or from finance? Where was that feeling coming from?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (28 May 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: ...you would like to add by means of closing comments today, I'll certainly welcome them from you. Just to deal with one matter and maybe if you could answer this for me, please, is: who did you feel you were accountable to during your time in the role as Financial Regulator?