Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Professor Honohan says on page 109 that the Financial Regulator was in a difficult position, as the possible adverse effects of discouraging inward investment in the Irish financial services sector were more immediate and real than the perceived distant concerns about financial stability. Is he saying there that proper effective regulation would discourage investment in the IFSC?