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.