Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Very shortly, I will bring to the Government a recommendation for a review and reassessment of banking policy for our country, given the many different issues you have just touched on, Chairman. As part of that process, I will invite submissions from different stakeholders to hear their views on the future of Irish banking. To be explicit, will I create a forum to lead to the development of policy? I am not planning to do that because I think the setting of policy should sit purely with the Government and the Minister for Finance. However, I will announce a review and, as part of that review, I will invite submissions from stakeholders on the issues they have raised and consider them carefully.