Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

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

Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Larry Broderick:

I believe some of the banks are beginning to realise that. I think the State-owned banks should be directed to do this and I suggest the banks that are not owned by the State, but have some State ownership, should be influenced greatly in this direction. I am suggesting that now that issues like profitability and sustainability have been moved on, there is an opportunity to be more focused in our efforts to get the banks into this space.