Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Professor Philip Lane:

Yes. I think even on Monday at the conference here in Dublin BenoÌt Cœuré spoke about it; essentially attitudes have evolved over time. The diagnosis of the financial crisis has evolved over time. In the report I stated that essentially financial stability is really a common responsibility. To the extent of the common responsibility, it is deeply unfortunate that essentially so much happened at a national level. The fact that the guarantee was issued at a national level without, it looks like, too much negotiation in advance with the rest of Europe-----

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