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810:48:051 It would not have been unusual for the purchase of Sterling to be completed2 after the lodgements of Irish Pounds to customers accounts had been completed.3 The critical thing was the exchange rate was fixed when the lodgements were4 made. Thereafter the other important item was to have the purchase of the10:48:235 Sterling completed when the branch balanced its cash and cheques at the close6 of that business day.78 8. Lodgement of 10,060.71 pounds cheque dated 12th April 1995. None of the9 handwriting on the lodgement document is mine. The docket identifies that10:48:4010 Mr. Cyprian Brady made the lodgement.1112 9. Lodgement of 5,000 pounds cheque dated 21st December 1995, none of the13 handwriting on the lodgement document is mine. The docket identifies that14 Ms. Grainne Carruth made the lodgement.10:48:561516 Dated the blank day of March 2008."1718 And again it's not signed, Mr. Hughes, but is that your statement to the19 Tribunal?10:49:0320 A. Correct, yes.21 Q. 12 Thank you very much.2223 Now, I want to ask you in a little bit of detail, Mr. Hughes, about two24 accounts. And the two accounts are an account of Mr. Ahern's in the Irish10:49:2925 Permanent Building Society as it then was, and then secondly, the B/T account.26 And I would like to begin with Mr. Ahern's account. Is that all right?27 A. That's okay.28 Q. 13 And if we could have page 19400, please. Now, Mr. Hughes, this is Mr. Ahern's29 account I think and I believe it was opened on the 31st of January 1994, is10:50:1330 that correct?Premier Captioning & Realtime Limitedwww.pcr.ie Day 839