Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Des Carville:

There are a couple of points to make there. First, looking at it from a purely financial perspective, it would take decades to recoup the full value of what we invested in the living banks by way of dividend. It would take decades to get that cash back. The second point is on influence over the banks. We have EU-mandated or Directorate-General for Competition, DG COMP-mandated relationship frameworks with the banks, so commercial decisions are for the banks and for the management and boards of the banks. Our influence is very limited to nil as a result.

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