Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank

9:30 am

Mr. Andrew Blair:

We gave them a job to do and they made the decision about how many people they wanted to interview, so we did not dictate the terms of how many people or how long it would take. We asked them to conduct a review, which they did. That review gave no support to the allegation that was made, which was that we artificially distressed companies. I personally would take the view that there is no evidence to support that we artificially distressed companies.