Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Brian Goggin:
But, yes, lending ... lending was part of the product suite. It was a significant part of the product suite. I would not go, in all probability ... I'm putting myself back in a position which I can relate to as having been a practising corporate banker, you know, company X plc, you know, they weren't going to take money from me just because I said to them, you know, "You should have money." They had to have a fundamental need. They were either expanding; they were growing; they were acquiring, or they were restructuring their banking facilities. That's what gave rise to the need and I wanted to make sure that I was in that frame when the opportunity came around.
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