Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Nyberg conducted a commission of investigation in private. We are conducting a parliamentary inquiry in public. Mr. Nyberg said a number of the witnesses he personally interviewed felt the need to be represented by their lawyers, as such. My question is what is his sense of the type of engagement we are likely to get from any of the main actors involved in the banking crisis, and how different is their attitude likely to be, given that we are going to be in a public forum. Could he give us any sense of what to expect or any advice because we have a very different animal in a public inquiry conducted by parliamentarians versus a private commission of investigation where everything was anonymous? The inquiry is very different. Could Mr. Nyberg give us any guidance as to what sense of engagement we are likely to get? To my mind, that would be helpful.