Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

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

11:55 am

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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I thank the witnesses for coming to this meeting. I have never in 30 years come across a committee meeting like this where we are getting no answers and seeing the complete obfuscation of what is really happening in the bank. Deputy O'Donnell is right: these guys do not get it. This situation is critical and when they talk about a change in ethos, I do not think they understand that it has not changed at all. For them to sit here and tell us that Richie Boucher was a good appointment and that there is a change in ethos is absurd. The other appointment they made, the governor of the bank, Mr. Kane, shows no change in ethos. Mr. Walsh was appointed by the Minister. To whom is he accountable?