Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will now return to the issues relating to section 6. Section 53I deals with the limitation of requirements to produce documents, give information or answer questions. I understand and accept the first three provisions, (a), (b) and (c) under this section, namely that one cannot ask for documents or information or pose a question that the courts would not have the power to elicit from the individual but I have issues with section 53I(d). It provides that a person cannot be asked to furnish documents or information or to answer questions that may incriminate that person. Is that not a serious issue? If one thinks of the tracker mortgage scandal or other banking scandals, it is clear that some of the documentation could incriminate individuals. Is this now going to be a standard defence, that one could be incriminated?