Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)

They want somebody in a consumer protection role, like Ms Rowland, to give them advice.

Regarding the duty of banks that gave people mortgages to ensure they were lending against properties that had a real and proper value, what would Ms Rowland regard to have been the role of the banks? Did the banks or financial institutions have any responsibility? What happens? Is a surveyor or engineer sent out by the bank? How does one know that what one is lending against is of sound value?