Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB
2:00 pm
Mr. Jeremy Masding:
If I may go back to my original point - I am not able to give the Deputy detailed information because it is commercially sensitive - the cost of funds is only one element. There is also the cost of running the business, the cost of risk, regulation, taxes and the return I am obliged to pay to debt holders and equity holders. All of that eats into the top figure. The Deputy is talking about the gap between 4.5% and 1.7%, but I must also pay other costs. I refer the Deputy back to my original comments - each of my products needs to wash its own face. Does it yet? We need to manage down those inputs such that we can share some of the benefits with our customers. At the moment-----
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