I’m glad Sean Fitzpatrick (disgraced former Chairman on Anglo-Irish Bank) is refusing to appear before the Joint Oireachstas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs. With the exception of Senator Shane Ross, who has a genuine interest in the public good, I believe the members of this group are largely interested in getting on the telly so that their ‘outrage’ at Fitzpatrick and his peers might help in some way in getting them re-elected. These are the same people who sleepwalked through the Celtic Tiger bubble. It’s nonsense. I suggest that as an alternative, the Chairman and other selected members of this Committee appear before a randomly selected panel of members of the public to explain what they have been doing, as legislators, to safeguard the public interest.
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