Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I sometimes enjoy Senator O'Keeffe's columns in newspapers and I do take people on face value. There has been much criticism of the Nyberg, Honohan and Regling and Watson reports, some of it justified. However, I would ask those who criticised those reports to actually read them. There is a huge amount of information in them and findings that are relevant and if people actually took the time to read those reports, they would certainly enlighten themselves about much of what happened. The Anglo Irish Bank tapes shatter the innocence of those of us who felt that those reports were enough and have shown us that more needs to be done but I do not think it will be done in the context of this legislation, necessary though this legislation is.