Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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The Nyberg commission did not have access to recordings in the treasury rooms of the various banks. We have just come through an experience here where investigators of an institution gave it a clean bill of health but it was found that the institution was far from deserving it. This was discovered because of secret recordings, with the management unaware it was being recorded. We know in life that when somebody is interviewed, he or she prepares for it. Was the Nyberg commission aware of recordings in the treasury rooms of the various banks? We know the witness read transcripts of some of the Anglo Irish Bank tapes. Did the commission decide not to request those recordings and, if so, why?