John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That does not answer the question as to whether or not the witnesses have an open door to Ministers and their Departments in order to make their case. From what we are told, hundreds of meetings have taken place between vulture funds and the Department of Finance. That is as much as we know. I want to understand the power imbalance, as Mr. Sreenan calls it. Is there an imbalance in terms of a listening ear from the Department? Is it more inclined to listen to vulture funds? Is it inclined at all to listen to what the witnesses ask of them? It is a fair question.