Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

And, Mr. Ahern, issues that witnesses at this inquiry have identified as causing the inflation of a major property bubble - and then which caused a major crash - for example, exponential increase in lending by banks, particularly in property, major speculation and profiteering in building land and rocketing house prices, can you remember being challenged, either by committees of the Oireachtas or even in the Houses of the Oireachtas in a significant way on any or all of these issues that caused you to have serious pause for thought?