Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion
Mr. Justice John Hedigan:
With great difficulty but we have to move on. I acknowledge all the difficulties there have been - there would not be a board if that was not the case - but we cannot stand around wringing our hands in despair. Somebody has to do something, and we are the "somebody" and the board is the "something". I ask myself, "If not us, who?" and "If not now, when?" Nevertheless, I acknowledge everything the Deputy stated.
This is the basis of the Deputy's well-justified scepticism and it also challenges me and the board.