Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 May 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013

10:00 am

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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We had the original framework and, of course, anything like this is open to a minimalist interpretation, which is essentially hands off, or a fuller interpretation, which is more interventionist. Between the Department, the bank and the Directorate General for Competition - the Commission, in plain English - there was an agreement to a minimalist approach. Am I on the right track?