Banking Inquiry to hear from journalist and author Simon Carswell

08/03/2015

Journalist and author Simon Carswell will appear before the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry on Tuesday, 10th March as the Committee begins its context phase hearings on relationships between State authorities, political parties, elected representatives, supervisory authorities, banking institutions and the property sector.

Chairman Ciaran Lynch TD: “Simon Carswell is Washington Correspondent with The Irish Times. He was previously Finance Correspondent covering the banking crisis from 2007 to 2012. He was appointed Washington Correspondent in December 2012. He is the author of two books Something Rotten: Irish Banking Scandals and Anglo Republic: Inside The Bank That Broke Ireland, a bestseller in 2011. He was previously a News Reporter and News Editor of The Sunday Business Post.

“As part of our hearings on the area of relationships between State authorities, political parties, elected representatives, supervisory authorities, banking institutions and the property sector, he will address the Committee on how the property sector and the banking sector interacted with government, elected representatives and the State during the period prior to the banking crisis in Ireland, and the nature of the relationships between those groups. He will also talk about controls or structures, if any, exist to regulate these relations and whether being a small country is a factor, or not, in terms of any such relationships.”

The hearing with Simon Carswell starts at 5pm in Committee 2, Leinster House.

The Committee will continue its public hearings on Wednesday, 11th March and Thursday, 12th March. The schedule for the hearings is:

Wednesday, 11th March

Session A: 9.30 am – 11.30 am
David Farrell, UCD on Public Policy in Parliamentary Democracies.

Session B: 11.45 am – 1.45 pm
Niamh Hardiman, UCD on Systems of Governance.

Session C: 3.30 pm – 5 pm
Professor Patrick Honohan, clarification of oral evidence previously given to the Committee.

Thursday, 12th March

Session A: 9.30 am – 11.30 am
Dr Elaine Byrne on relationships between State authorities, political parties, elected representatives, supervisory authorities, banking institutions and the property sector.

Session B: 11.45 am – 1.45 pm
Frank McDonald on relationships between State authorities, political parties, elected representatives, supervisory authorities, banking institutions and the property sector.

Further information on the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry proceedings can be accessed on this website.

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Committee Membership

Deputies

Ciarán Lynch (Chairman)
Pearse Doherty
Joe Higgins
Michael McGrath
Eoghan Murphy
Kieran O’Donnell
John Paul Phelan

Senators

Sean D Barrett
Michael D’Arcy
Marc MacSharry
Susan O’Keeffe