Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

On that point, when the NTMA was being established, we pointed out that there should be representatives in it of people who have been affected by the housing crisis. One can have expertise on mortgages and so forth without being a former banker. This appears to be a catch-all for putting the same people who brought the economy to a standstill and cost the State so much into key positions in the NTMA and, now, in other investment companies.