Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I think there is a career in politics beckoning for Professor Farrell. Does he believe in Cabinet confidentiality? How does he reconcile the principle of Cabinet confidentiality with senior public servants being able to give a view, for example a view which differs from the Minister's, and which may be critical of a decision under which Cabinet confidentiality has arisen?