Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion

3:20 pm

Mr. Michael McAteer:

The money was held in sterling to meet sterling claims, but under the deal that was done with Liberty Insurance when the Republic of Ireland claims moved across there, all of the cash reserves, including sterling, moved at the same time, leaving us with no sterling. There was an actual hedge when the company was trading.