James Heffernan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I propose to comment on the banking inquiry as it is turning into a fiasco. The Government has treated the Seanad and democratic institutions of the State in a reprehensible manner. A decision was made and the Government decided to change the rules and move the goalposts because it did not like it. If we are to be treated in this fashion, we have no place being here. It is a disgrace and we should go home and close the doors. What is the point in having a democratic institution if it is to be treated in this fashion? The Government wanted a Nuremburg style trial. It now has a stacked deck, which will result in a show trial whose outcome will not be upheld by anyone. The Government has made a complete and utter balls of this; it is a mess.