Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Why did investors specifically come to Ireland at that time when, for example, there was a major unemployment crisis in Europe? Why did they not invest in infrastructure or the creation of jobs elsewhere instead of piling into the Irish property market?