Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Dr. Elaine Byrne:

Yes. These things happen behind closed doors. How can we know why certain decisions were made without access to the information? This goes back to my recommendation on lobbying. We do not just need a register of lobbyists and a means of identifying them. Analysing why decisions were made is the crucial issue.