Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Liam O'Reilly:

The shock absorption of the banks was assessed - and this, I suppose, is another weakness that I didn't mention ... the shock absorption of the banks was assessed by stress testing the institutions. But we see now that there were weaknesses in the stress tests, number one, but much more important I think, there was ... the stresses that were being put on the banks in the stress tests were not stringent enough.

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