Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

And in the ... in the years '01 to '08, in evidence on a number of occasions, the figures that we have quoted to witnesses in relation to the growth of AIB was 30% year-on-year increase, compound, Bank of Ireland, 29% year-on-year increase, compound, Anglo had a similar rate of growth. Why wasn't action taken to slow down the growth of the property bubble earlier, especially in the commercial real estate sector?