Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I raise it now in case I do not get an opportunity to speak later. Any oversight committee must conduct an examination of what led us to this point. There is no point in simply moving on and starting anew. We must try to learn from the errors of the past, notwithstanding the fact that history will show that such errors will be repeated, time and again, due to the greed, euphoria and fear in all of us. It was aided and abetted by the banks, admittedly, but we partook too.

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