Bank inquiry steps up security due to "confidential nature" of information

Dáil officials are set to ramp up security surrounding the ongoing banking inquiry due to the sensitive and “confidential” nature of the documents it is examining.

From next month, anyone working at the committee’s support centre will be faced with security cameras, stringent garda checks, security sweeps, and “robust” data management controls. The measures are being put in place as part of its legally binding nexus stage, which will begin on April 22.

Unlike the first context stage, this second stage will compel witnesses to attend and explain in detail their decisions during the economic boom and bust. Witnesses will include a series of high-level bankers, financial experts, and politicians, all of whom will be under legal orders to provide all information at their disposal.