Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Donal Forde:
Well, what I meant by it was that, frequently at annual planning time, there would be discussion, essentially, about the outturn from the previous year, what it had meant in terms of loan growth, and that was the point at which the expectations for the year ahead were signed off at the board. So, I can recall discussions at that time about whether this was appropriate. There certainly was a consciousness that we were intensely involved in property and construction, so I can remember discussions at that time. I can remember this discussion that's here, this stress test prompted by the regulator asking the board to validate that its weight of exposure in property and construction ... that it was comfortable with it. So, I can remember that. Certainly, no surprise in 2008, as the market began to turn down, there was discussion. So, I think it is fair to say the board wrestled with it.
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