Dáil debates
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Other Questions
Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases
11:35 am
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Minister for the reply. When this account is published, we can assess exactly what went wrong in the context of that trial. One can go through it. The judge condemned the ODCE investigation for its inappropriately biased and partisan approach. The judge referred to the coaching of witnesses and, alarmingly, the shredding of important documents carried out by the ODCE. I do not think that can be blamed on a shortfall in staff. This also raises questions about the Director of Public Prosecutions and An Garda Síochána. I want to ensure that if, when this is published, it highlights gross deficiencies concerning the trial itself or it identifies resource issues of some form, they are addressed immediately. We must bear in mind that we do not want to see this country portrayed abroad as incapable of enforcing its corporate law, corporate governance, fiduciary duties and the common law that underpins many of those things.
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