Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
Mr. Simon Carswell:
In the period after the guarantee Anglo Irish Bank was of the view that the Government was calling the shots, because it had the guarantee and Anglo Irish Bank was a financial institution covered by the guarantee. A concerted effort was made by the executive management team at Anglo Irish Bank to establish contacts with politicians. Certainly a meeting took place in the weeks after the bank guarantee between the bank and members of Fine Gael.