Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Tom Parlon:

Well, I think the message I'm trying to get across in the statement was ... in terms of CIF and we are here, both of us, because of our roles in CIF during that particular time ... and you're trying to get as much information in terms of coming to your conclusions. that CIF, while the big focus here is about development-building and the impact that that had and building 93,000 houses in 2006, the impact that that had on the economy ... the CIF as an organisation is way bigger and broader than that. Every element of society depend on construction for ... whether it be this room here or the ... sound system or the video system or whatever-----