Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Senator Seán D. Barrett:

In an article with Brian O’Kelly, Professor Connor states the Central Bank could have operated restrictions such as a 20% limit in total lending on property and that foreign borrowing in the domestic banking sector should not have exceeded 10% of the domestic deposit base. How would those rules have operated? Are there precedents in other countries?