Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB

3:40 pm

Mr. Ray MacSharry:

Senator Coghlan is correct that there is no difference between one director and another, but there can be a great deal of difference in their opinions, approach to policy or attempts to obtain consensus. We can and do represent the public interest in that context. There were no ways of getting through it.