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- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my questions at all. It is not good enough for him to say he assumes issues are being covered. The relationship between the Department of Finance and IBRC is not covered by this inquiry. The inquiry is ring-fenced to transactions and deciding whether commercially unsound decisions were made or material deficiencies existed. A commission of investigation would...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am making inquiries and I am finding out things. The William Frye report will be important because it will examine the way in which IBRC dealt with its wealth management unit. People could not buy it for one reason or other. Why was that?
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the shares. The Taoiseach did not answer my question on that yesterday and he has not answered today either. Will the share issue be covered? Who was buying shares in a bust company and why were they doing so?
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Billions of euro were involved. Does the Taoiseach stand by his civil servants it he Department of Finance? Cliff Taylor summed matters up well in his article in The Irish Timeswith the following observation:[T]he extent of the tensions revealed in the FOI documents ... is striking, and cause for concern when so much money was at stake. Was it a case of an over-controlling government...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not what I am asking about.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach never listens, he just obfuscates.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday I asked the Taoiseach if the inquiry initiated by the Government into the IBRC and the Siteserv deal would cover the buying and selling of shares in the period in advance of the sale of Siteserv, and if we would have full transparency over who bought the shares and who benefited from the €5 million pay-out. I also want to deal with the relationship between IBRC and the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Why was there not an independent review and why did the Minister not reveal this information earlier?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: That has nothing to do with it.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Department of Finance appointed a person to IBRC.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: We have the necessary laws.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government fixed the result before it even started.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach assure us today that the activities on the share register in advance of the sale will be covered by the inquiry and will be embraced by the investigation? Can he ensure that in the interim the Government will ensure full transparency into who was buying shares in a company that was going bust-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----and full disclosure in terms of the personnel involved and all the activity? Why will the Taoiseach not-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----establish a commission of investigation under the Act?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: By the way, the Taoiseach voted for the bank guarantee and actually asked that the bank guarantee be extended to other banks. So I ask him to stop the hypocrisy. The Taoiseach mentioned that the Government had no wish to cover up. However, it did cover up. The incredible and fraught relationship between IBRC and the Department of Finance was not revealed to the Dáil for three...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Minister refused to pursue that. IBRC has now confirmed that it did not pursue any independent review either. So there was no independent review three years ago despite officials in the Department of Finance articulating-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----their concerns and asking for it to happen. For some reason the Dáil was continually misled over a two to three-year period and there was essentially a cover up.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would think that is a very serious and grave issue.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: There was a cover up over what was going on within IBRC, not just on this issue, I acknowledge, but also in respect of other big transactions. There were significant concerns in the Department of Finance but they were never shared with the Dáil until freedom of information documents were released.