Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thanks, Chairman, and welcome, Mr. Fingleton, and thanks very much for the time. This question may have been somewhat covered already by some colleagues but during the period 2003-2006 with commercial lending being the driver for the reasons that you outlined earlier on, the society trebled its book from about €3.5 billion to just under €11 billion. Considering the risk assessment capabilities of the society at that time and, indeed, the management of information, the MIS systems that were available to the society at that time, was that growth prudent or sustainable in your view?