Questions And Answers

Eoin Ryan TD, Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin in the upcoming European Elections Senator Jim Higgins, Fine Gael candidate in the North West Mary White, Green Party candidate in the East Joe Higgins TD, Socialist Party candidate in Dublin Shane Ross, Trinity Senator and Business Editor of the Sunday Independent

Q1: Are the only heroes in the Irish banking scandals the workers who blew the whistle on their bosses?

Q2: Should accessing adult sites on the Internet at work be a sackable offence?

Q3: Are opinion polls a useful spur or an unfair influence?

Q4: In the case of Ryanair, where should the line be drawn between advertising and harassment?

Q5: Does the panel trust gardaí to give five penalty points on the roadside?


Previous Programmes

22 June 2009

  • The Panel
  • Q1: Has enough changed for the Irish people to embrace the Lisbon Treaty?
  • Q2: Does the panel think judges are being judged unfairly?

15 June 2009

  • The Panel
  • Q1. Why should the taxpayer continue to prop up Anglo Irish Bank?
  • Q2. How are neutrality and taxation to be guaranteed without rewriting the Lisbon Treaty?

08 June 2009

  • The Panel:
  • Q1. Should the Government call a General Election now?
  • Q2. Were the results a fundamental realignment?

25 May 2009

  • The Panel
  • Q1: Should the Govt freeze the assets of the religious orders?
  • Q2: What might the political fallout from the elections be?

18 May 2009

  • The Panel
  • Q1. In the economic crisis, what should people expect from their MEPs?
  • Q2. Does the panel believe MEPs' expenses should be published?

11 May 2009

  • The Panel
  • Q1. In relation to blasphemy has Minister Dermot Ahern chosen the right option?
  • Q2. Do we need a referendum to protect children?
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