Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Patrick Neary:

No, we didn't take that opportunity but I think the reason for that may have been, No. 1, we had the difficulties with the interpretation, right? But like I say, we could have probably drilled down on that and picked out a few sectors, like we did subsequently in relation to speculative property development when we put on the higher capital weighting. I think we could have done that; we should have done that, and there was no reason why we shouldn't have done it. But-----