Eoghan Harris (Independent)

The question of tribunals needs to be examined. I remember suffering indirectly under the first one set up on money lending by Fianna Fáil. I have no brief for Fianna Fáil in tribunals. I do not agree with tribunals because they do not give due process.

We need a debate on the operation of tribunals in this country, as a general proposition because there is a new symbiotic relationship between all tribunals and the media. It is not a good thing that tribunal daily bulletins can be parsed and analysed by the media. Imagine if that was the case in the current criminal murder trial going on. What would happen if there were daily bulletins? How could one have any due process?