Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Context Phase
Mr. Frank McDonald:
I think it goes back to the point I made about the clientelist political system that we have. I want to make it clear that I am not saying every decision made by local authorities and by elected members over the period was corrupt, or anything like it. I am saying, however, that the possibility of corruption certainly existed and I have no doubt that it did occur. There have been cases to do with this in the courts, without naming any names.