Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Byrne, Mr. Kissane and Mr. Ryan for sharing their real life experiences. I appreciate how difficult it is for the witnesses to do that. For any person to be exposed to that type of scrutiny and publicity around his or her personal life and financial life is absolutely devastating. I thank them for doing it on behalf of all of the other people to whom we are talking on a daily basis. One thing is certain; it has to stop. The question for members is how do we make it stop now.

The witnesses would have been able to watch the banks when their representatives came before the committee. It is obvious that these people are honed within an inch of their lives in terms of presenting and the ambiguity of their statements and that they are practised and trained in all ways not to answer the questions that we are putting to them. I have asked each of them if they have been contacted by An Garda Síochána because I cannot understand why not. The Central Bank told us a number of months ago that in its view, there could be openings for criminal investigations. Why does Mr. Kissane think the Garda is not involved in this? In the same vein, I ask the witnesses whether they have been to the Garda about what has happened to them.