Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

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

Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks

4:00 pm

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Surely, in this case, the prevailing rate is the prevailing margin. That is the only issue here. The bank cannot influence the ECB rate. The prevailing rate is a certain margin above the ECB rate. Surely the prevailing rate would be the ECB rate plus the prevailing margin that applies to tracker rates.