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Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: The Presbyterian church in the United States declared itself in favour of same-sex marriage last Tuesday, and I have never accused Presbyterians of lacking conscience in addressing this or any other issue. Society should cherish and treasure those who want to express, and have asked us to allow them to express, their loyalty, commitment and dedication to one another. That should be...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Those issues are too trivial. We are asked, in a Seanad founded by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins, to incorporate diversity. I am sure people were scandalised when W. B. Yeats gave the speech on divorce here, but society was open enough even then to listen to what Yeats had to say. I encourage and warmly welcome what we have heard in favour of this legislation. Those who feel...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: I was downstairs.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Senator Mullen is the one who is doing that all the time.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: In the speech he has just made.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: I welcome our visitors. What was the revenue from the sale of the Abbey Street and Prince's Street premises when moving to Talbot Street and Citywest?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: We have seen evidence of the growth of the public relations sector. One of the witnesses yesterday stated that in the US it became four times bigger than the number of working journalists in newspapers. How many public relations documents would reach an editor's desk in an average week?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Is it a career path? Do many journalists want to go into PR rather than into investigative journalism?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Is there sufficient time to write copy? We heard evidence yesterday to the effect that when the PR material is obtained, a journalist must then contact somebody else involved in the sector. However, he or she has no time to carry out independent research in order to write a properly rounded article. As a result, we tend to receive the views of incumbents rather than those of contrarians...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: In discussing matters with Irish Independentjournalists, did Mr. O'Regan pick up on any nuances with regard to what was happening? Did any of them ever indicate that they did not like the look of what was happening at Anglo Irish Bank or Irish Nationwide? Did anyone ever state that they were of the view that a particular briefing given by the Central Bank was strange and that they were...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Did people in provincial cities raise concerns with Mr. O'Regan to the effect that decision making in Irish banks had been replaced by a speaking clock-type of mechanism at their headquarters and that such banks were losing touch with the real economy outside Dublin?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: I welcome our two visitors this afternoon. If I may, there may be an identity issue on page 4. We will have the Financial Regulator in later, but I do not think that he was ever chairman of The Irish Times. That is stated on page 4: "As an aside, the Chairman of the Board of The Irish Times Ltd was the Financial Regulator".

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: I thank Ms Kennedy, because we will be talking to some of those people.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: The sentence above that, if I may, states: "it is fair to say that the policy of The Irish Timeswas critical of both the establishment and operation of the Financial Regulator and IFSRA, believing that they were not independent of the Central Bank." That was quite a controversy when the McDowell report was opposed by the Department of Finance and the Central Bank itself. What were the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Did Ms Kennedy follow that up afterwards? That is part of the narrative that we have to look at. This body was set up in somewhat controversial circumstances. Did The Irish Timesfollow how the story involved after 2003 until the night of the guarantee?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Ms Kennedy mentioned at the top of page 5 that she gave Simon Carswell the space to become "a full-time specialist in covering the banking crisis". What concerns did Simon Carswell express to Ms Kennedy to achieve that valued status subsequently? He was in here as a witness a few weeks ago, as she knows. What concerns was he bringing to her that she felt that step should be taken?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Did Mr. Carswell have intuition about two banks that we know subsequently went broke or did he feel that-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: -----the regulation of the sector was defective? He must have had some concerns if he was able to impress Ms Kennedy sufficiently to give him that status.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: The Irish Timesalso had a very important interview with Milton Friedman by Conor O'Clery, where a Nobel prize winner was extremely concerned about the design faults in the euro. Was that story followed up by the newspaper? It was certainly a scoop to get it at the time, but did it influence Ms Kennedy afterwards as this crisis developed?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Sean Barrett: Will Ms Kennedy tell us the background to the famous article by David McWilliams? Did she know it had been rejected by other publications?