David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I am, absolutely, and I am having part of the debate now. The bank asks my relationship with the PEP. If it is someone connected to me, he or she must also give all their information. It is absolute bureaucratic madness. The bank seeks a customer declaration. I must certify the accuracy and undertake to inform the bank various things. Well, I do not. I referred this correspondence to the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO. Surely to God, rather than giving commercially sensitive information to a private enterprise before being blistered with proposals for life assurance and every other damn product, it should be given to SIPO or some independent body. When I wrote to SIPO, it responded that this was not considered under its rules. Why would it not be?