Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. John Dunne:

I do, and I would point out one other matter, that in 19 ... in 2007, when the staff had come looking for a very major increase in staff, I think it was in the order of 70, 70-plus, and the outcome of that discussion and debate at the end of the day was a figure of 25 new people. In that 77, by the way ... in that 75 only four people were requested for banking supervision. The rest were for various other jobs that had to be done. But in consequence of that, and in consequence of the difference, as it were, between us, the budget and remuneration committee recommended to the board that outside consultants be brought in to do a root-and-branch analysis of this whole area and that was done by Mazars and the Mazars report, which was published in 2009, indicated in a number of different ways that, both in absolute terms and on a comparative basis with other international regulators, the staffing levels as agreed, the complements as agreed, were appropriate. Now, one has ... one had ... I'm sorry, but just let me, if I may, finish this point: one of the big issues, of course, was that complement was never turned into reality, because not once from 2003 to ... until I left the board in 2010 was the staff complement approved ever reached.

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