Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will bank a few quick questions. What does Mr. Drennan think was the major thing the office could have done differently in the Seán FitzPatrick trial? I acknowledge that he has outlined how successful the office has been in many other prosecutions. Does Mr. Drennan believe that the changes required to successfully prosecute major cases, like those relating to Anglo Irish Bank, are there now? Representatives from the Department who appeared before the committee stated there was no legislative failure involved in the prosecution of that trial. Does Mr. Drennan agree, notwithstanding his earlier contribution about suggested changes to the Bill, that his office now has the wherewithal to prosecute cases like that? There obviously has been a significant amount of change.

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