Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with AIB

3:10 pm

Mr. David Duffy:

Let us define what we did. We wrote to those people giving all the commentary. We did so without judging whether a person did or did not do something - I was not here and we cannot say that. So we took the view that it was up to the individual on receipt of the letter to determine what the outcome would be for them as an individual. Therefore, it is difficult for me to be satisfied or unsatisfied within that part.

We received quite a few responses. In each case the response was that the person would engage if it was completely confidential. I could not therefore disclose information. I am not being in any way coy about this. One individual said he was happy to say what he did and say it out there, and we published that. With the remaining responses the condition of engagement was confidentiality but we had a number of responses in excess of the one that was publicly communicated. We are happy that there was a significant level of engagement. However, I am absolutely bound by the confidentiality of the conditions of engagement with those individuals.

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