Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Ms Mary O'Dea:

I, I believed it was absolutely the right decision at the time. Again, at the time, we were very much fighting to keep the banking system alive. Liquidity was extremely stressed at that time ... and dependence on the ECB was, was increasing. It doubled over the course of 2009, so some radical solution was necessary, and yes, I thought NAMA was the appropriate one.