Dr. Michael Somers:

The number of meetings does not in any way represent the total effort that any of us make in this bank. Rarely a day goes by that I do not have to spend several hours dealing with AIB affairs. I have been beaten up by various Oireachtas committees over the years about what I was paid and what I paid other people when I worked in the NTMA. I fully accept there are people who are hurting badly.