The former justice minister Alan Shatter has said he is "astonished" by a developer's evidence to the Banking Inquiry, which included a phrase connected to Nazi Germany.
A written statement from Johnny Ronan included the phrase "Arbeit macht frei" - meaning 'Work will set you free' - which appeared over the gates of a number of concentration camps during World War II.
The phrase has led to calls for the sentence to be redacted so that it no longer appears on the Oireachtas website.
But it is understood the inquiry will not remove the comment due to legal protection, and any interference would create a dangerous legal precedent.
The former justice minister Alan Shatter has called on developer to amend his evidence. Deputy Shatter, who is Jewish, says Mr Ronan should formally amend his statement.
Mr Shatter says this message "was the last thing" many victims saw "until they were walked directly into the gas chambers and their remains were cremated".
"I cannot understand why this was in the statement, what he had in mind, does he understand the origins of it, does he understand how offence it is".
"This phrase has now become synonymous with Nazi Germany, with fascist tyranny, with genocide and inhumanity".
"It's an abuse of the German language, of the Irish language to imply that he has suffered some sort of personal holocaust or genocide".
He told the Pat Kenny Show here on Newstalk he thinks this needs to be explained, calling it "beyond bizarre".
