Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 December 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It was a policy decision. However, after the crash there was a decision to nationalise them, which came on the back of the bank guarantee. As a consequence of having to recapitalise the banks by investing so much in the banks, the quid pro quowas that the State would become a shareholder and, essentially, would own the banks de facto. That was a consequence of the policy decision that was taken. Is that what Mr. Carville is saying?

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