Experts needed for banking inquiry

I wrote in Nov 2011 that the Oireachtas Referendum should be put to the people again with clarification re (1) people having recourse to the courts following an investigation, and (2) clarifying what (extreme) circumstances needed to be in place before investigators could enter a person’s home to seek out/remove possible evidence and (3) clarifying what made an issue qualify for being, “in the public interest”.

I feel the referendum would have succeeded then if people were not scared by the lack of clarity re the above. I also believe that the referendum should be put to the people again in conjunction with the other referenda mooted, with such clarifications having been made. The ensuing investigations into banking, etc, should use the expertise of forensic accountants etc who understand complex financial issues.

The number of investigators of white collar crime should be increased and their resources enhanced. If the perpetrators of the banking debacle are brought to justice it would go some way to restoring our good name with our European neighbours.