Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think we should note it, without accepting what the Governor says. What he is trying to say is that he will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on his own terms. This is important because the Governor did appear before. There was a reply to the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform to the effect that the bank does not go into specific cases. On television last Wednesday or Thursday, however, the Governor went very deeply into the case of Newbridge Credit Union and answered specific questions on it. I would not like to accept the assertion, therefore, that representatives from the Central Bank do not answer questions on specific cases posed by this committee or the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform when they do so on "Prime Time". It is probably not worth making a huge issue of this right now because we have enough on our plate. That is the practical aspect of it but I would not accept what he says.