Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks

9:30 am

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is about jailing bankers if they did wrong and taking away the defence that wrongdoing was the fault of one of the junior staff. It will mean that Mr. Byrne, or the equivalent in another bank, will have stated he was responsible for a certain area and can be held accountable by prosecution. It is more than culture - it is about accountability.

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