Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. What happened here today is most unfortunate. The Committee of Selection met legitimately with a quorum and selected Senators Seán D. Barrett and Marc MacSharry to be members of the banking inquiry. It is not in any way, shape or form coincidental that the statement made earlier by the Leader was directly related to that decision because it suits Government to have a majority on the inquiry and its nominee was not successful in being appointed. That is the background. It cannot be dressed up in any other way, shape or form. No one can disagree with that.