Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Gerry Fitzpatrick:
Yes, I read that piece and I think that might be misunderstood. That's ... there is a thing called ... stop me if I'm getting too technical ... there is a thing called IBNR. There is a recognition that at a point in time, at the balance sheet date, there are certain things that are incurred but not yet recognised, so if you have a situation where maybe ... so you're saying ... you know, it takes up three months to find an impaired loss, you make a provision for that loss in terms of an emergence period, it takes a month so-----
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