Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Tom O'Connell:
Well, I don't think that would have arisen with the pre-budget letter. You know, most things would have been on the table. Now, I can recollect in the past though, having said that, that, you know, from the economics department we might have suggested maybe some tax change or whatever, but that would typically have been not ... that wouldn't run because the view in the bank was that taxation was a matter for Government and we don't sort of suggest that they tax X and subsidise Y, you know. So they would be, sort of, general economic issues, talking about the stance of upcoming fiscal policy in the budget recommendation, maybe bank lending property prices would have figured quite strongly, I think, too, yes.
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