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

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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I thank Mr. Kissane for all the excellent work that he has been doing. Without Mr. Kissane, the issue would not be where it is. He has certainly done the State some service. The situations he describe where people have been robbed of their money, and robbed of their lives in some cases, is a stark picture but it is the reality we, as public representatives, come across every day.

I agree with Mr. Kissane, in terms of the banks. Mr. Kissane will have seen the banks here before us and he will have met them. While the banks would say that they are sorry and they regret that this has happened, that is not reflected in their actions.

I have a couple of questions, leading on from Deputy Pearse Doherty's questioning. Is it likely to end up in a criminal court?