Professor Niamh Hardiman:

What I am trying to sketch is a pattern of economic governance. On the specific issue of relationships between private interests and political decision makers, we could look to, for example, tribunals of inquiry for evidence of instances where payments to politicians occurred, where words like "corruption" have been used and so on. It is not really my concern to delve into those sorts of issues here. I understand Dr. Elaine Byrne will appear before the committee; she is the expert on this.