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

4:20 pm

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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That is very different from saying they are simply bound by company law. They are not. There is legislation which provides that one can over-ride any of those responsibilities in the public interest.