Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

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

Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Tim Molan:

Yes. It is a statistical matter. There are swings and roundabouts because when one goes above the entry point of €25,000, the level of regulation surrounding an application for €28,000, for example, is significant. I am not saying it is wrong; it is prudent. There is a much higher bar that is addressed in this respect. As my colleagues have stated, there are two ways in which this can be enhanced. The first involves taking the hard road of building skill sets within our individual credit unions-----

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