Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In evidence from other witnesses from the banking sector, Mr. Merriman, the demographics that ... coming towards the late '70s, that the children born at that stage would be requiring finance for properties and the like, going to the mid-noughties. It would suggest or would it suggest that the level of lending was carefully planned and that each institution had an objective to achieve its market share? Can I ask the question: was that a risky strategy by all of the banks, all of the financial institutions?