Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are now at the juncture where a committee is to be established. The Oireachtas tradition is that committee members would put party politics aside and act in the best interest of the public. Given the calibre of those chosen to sit on the committee to date, I have no doubt but that this will happen. I also have no doubt that the public will not tolerate any grandstanding of committee members playing party politics.

The people of this country have suffered greatly. We are six years from the fateful collapse and although the Nyberg and Honohan reports are completed and published, they are dry, academic tomes. What citizens want to hear and see is the people involved in government and banking, the regulators and auditors and anyone with any hand, act or part in the collapse, come before Parliament to tell us what happened. Some commentators say we will not learn anything new, but I do not believe that. However, even if that is the case, we will see the personalities involved sit before the people's representatives and account for their actions in their own words. That is how it should be in a republic.