Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In the Irish context, in terms of the banking crisis that did develop, and looking at the exposures in commercial real estate and residential mortgage lending, if Professor Ahearne were to attach a weighting to both of those in terms of the underlying risks and losses in the banking system, which was more important and what kind of ratio would he attach?