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

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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That is unsatisfactory. We would like to know what hit was taken.

Mr. Mallon in his opening statement referred to a "challenging regulatory cost environment". What exactly does he mean when he says that a challenging regulatory cost environment is adding between 7% and 9% to the base of the bank's business?