Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let us start with the politicians. They and former politicians will come in but many others will not come in and will not have to come in and the inquiry will not want to bring them in because it might prejudice criminal trials so it will be a political event down in the basement in this House for the next year or so. It will drag down the reputation of the Houses. A major daily newspaper has said that the banking inquiry is already hopelessly prejudiced by virtue of the Taoiseach's comments two weeks ago. I agree with that analysis.