Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Brian Cowen:
I don't think so. We were interested in ... I mean, we were interested in reputational issues for the country as well. You know, we're not interested in ... this was often wrongly described as a tax haven, even by some in our own domestic political system who didn't know any better. This is a well ... this is a properly regulated International Financial Services Centre, that has high reputation world wide, for competence and specialisation.