Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)

I thank the Minister but I am afraid he has not satisfactorily answered the question. If I could specifically readdress the question to him, it was how the appointments were made and how the individuals were selected. It is reasonable to ask the question about the arrival from Finland of a man to set up a 13-person commission and how he came to assemble it, particularly when one considers the composition of the commission. What worries me is that at least eight if not ten members of the commission were current or former bankers. When one is investigating the behaviour of bankers it seems entirely inappropriate that so many of those people assisting the investigator should also be ex-bankers themselves, whatever their pedigree. At least two members had a history with AIB while other members came from other banks in the Irish system. Other members of the commission were employees of the Department of Finance.

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