Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I met with them on occasion, and, obviously, we met with them when we scrutinised them in the Oireachtas finance committee. I couldn't give you a count, but, clearly, we were throughout this period, obviously, as legislators challenging them in committees. There were a number of instances, as you know, through that period where bank overcharging, proper, you know, weaknesses in supervision, and, you know, we scrutinised all of those as they developed, and towards the end the, you know, the precarious growth in lending was an issue. And we scrutinised the stability reports and so on. So I kept very much abreast of the issues developing within the sector.