Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. John Corrigan:
No, the board of the fund ... the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission was ... acted in accordance with the legislation. Their mandate was defined to seek the optimal financial return on their investments, provided they were happy with the level of risk. So when this policy decision was made by the Government and the legislation was changed, that was not something that they expressed an opinion on. They were policy takers, not policy makers.