Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank

4:30 pm

Professor Patrick Honohan:

Partly, not exactly in those terms, but what we are trying to achieve here with this will have substantially that effect. While enforcing sustainable solutions, losses will be incurred by the banks and they will absorb that from their capital. As to whether I can be sure all of it will be used up, I cannot.