Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

My last question is in relation to how Ms Kennedy covered the aftermath of the property bubble. Research by Dr. Julien Mercille, who appeared before the committee yesterday, found a strong preference for fiscal consolidation or austerity policies in The Irish Times. For example, his research outlined that 57% of all opinion articles and editorials in The Irish Timesdiscussing Irish Government budgets between 2008 and 2013 supported austerity with opposition only to specific cuts voiced by 15%. Does Ms Kennedy think that is balanced journalism to give that massive support, on the face of it, to austerity with all the effects on the victims of the bubble and to support it in that way?