Professor Alan Barrett:

There is intense debate. People are really put through their paces within the institute. No piece of work comes out of the institute unless it has been reviewed by two or three people. We are the Economic and Social Research Institute so we have a pool of sociologists who perhaps have different disciplinary perspective on matters. I am not saying we get it perfect or anything like that. There are notions that sometimes exist about us and the Deputy may have heard better descriptions than me. We are not a right-wing organisation.