Sir, – Rob Wright’s evidence (“Department gave ‘very little written advice’ at height of crash to the banking inquiry”, December 18th) suggests two things – there was a Civil Service phobia about freedom of information, and a high degree of incompetence at higher levels of the Civil Service (especially in the Department of Finance).
Is it unreasonable of us to expect our Civil Service to be as professional as that of Canada or Australia?
Can’t they just write it down, or do they have something to hide? – Yours, etc,
RONAN BRADY,
Dublin 7.
Sir, – I would like to thank the Finnish government bank official Peter Nyberg for summing up the banking disaster in Ireland (“Peter Nyberg tells banking inquiry soft landing was ‘quite unlikely’”, December 18th). He has saved the Irish taxpayer a fortune.
Could the committee now please disband, claim their expenses and get back to helping us recover instead of doing Perry Mason impressions? – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL ROONEY,
Knocknacarra,
Galway.