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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To return to the professor's non-intrusive regulatory environment, conducive to promoting the IFSC as considered important by the Government, the Department of the Taoiseach took a lead role. The professor referred to the clearing house group and for people who do not know, that body that was set up in 1987. It provides incredible access to all the leading financial institutions, big banks, etc., to the highest political offices in this land. Is that correct?