John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

People in these agencies and Departments read newspapers. They will have read what Mr. Elderfield said. I am sure people in the Department of Justice and Equality will either disagree violently with it or will say it is very interesting and will ask if there was something they missed or if there is something they can do. It is so important for people who were victims of what happened over the past five years. Perhaps there is a case to be made to expedite our system in regard to getting an answer from Government and for putting it in those terms. This is out of the ordinary. I deal with people who were wiped out; they were destroyed. We all know such people in our constituencies. What Mr. Elderfield said was incredibly important. He is leaving his office and was given the opportunity to say something and he was more open than he normally would have been. We have our system and it just so happens the banking module, as Deputy O'Donnell explained, is there. It is a vehicle we can use but this is out of the ordinary when it comes to what somebody appearing before the committee said and the relevance it has to the public. It is unique.