Ms Geraldine Kennedy:

There was a very interesting article written by my predecessor, Conor Brady, following a conference in Brussels which investigated newspaper coverage of the crash and the financial crisis. Mr. Brady wrote an article which we published in The Irish Times. It reflected exactly what Senator Barrett is asking. His conclusion in the article was that maybe we had so many specialists that we did not join the dots together. Maybe that is the case but if one looks back into recent history, is that not the case also with the child abuse crisis, the role of the Catholic Church, the Magdalen laundries, Letterfrack and everything? It is grand to say in hindsight that one knew everything when the jigsaw fits into place years later. I believe that is the position we are in.