Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Tony Grimes:

Yes, and in reviewing the minutes, actually, of the DSG in the earlier part of 2008, I ... yes, I noticed, you know, a reference there that the Central Bank had made a request that there would be some update with regard to the legislation on insolvency, and that was on the record, I think, far back in 2008. I think the issue of special regime was further discussed around the summer of 2008, and there was a relatively clear and strong view from the Department, I think on the advice of the lawyers there that, one, there were technical and constitutional issues which made it not feasible to introduce such a regime-----