Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate
3:30 pm
Mr. Brendan Walsh:
It is a mixture. Obviously when the supervisory framework is lax and there is light touch regulation, there are people who will jump in and avail of that in a reckless way and perhaps in a criminal way. It is a mixture of keeping an eye on them but also, probably even more importantly, making sure the opportunities they have to act in that manner are closed off.