Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. John McDonnell:

This, if my recollection is correct, was around the time IFRS 7 first came out. IFRS 7 was around the disclosure of financial ... of risks of financial instruments. This was particularly directed around the disclosure of credit risk. IFRS 7 said that banks were required to disclose credit risk in the context of what it calls "through the eyes of management" and at that point in time, Bank of Ireland would have looked at their loans in line with these categories. And the thing that was being raised is to whether Bank of Ireland should consider, when they move forward, disclosing a greater breakdown in their loans in advance, if you like. But the bank would’ve come back to us and they would’ve said that they disclosed their ... all their sectorial and geographic disclosures in another disclosure in the IFRS 7 notes, which you will see in the financial statements.

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