Results 31,701-31,720 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----in respect of the North of Ireland and distressed assets in the North of Ireland which, unfortunately - and I agree with Deputy Adams on this-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----have ended up being sold-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----way below the values attributed to those assets at the height of the boom. That is my point about economics.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I share the Deputy's distress on that. Does Deputy Adams agree, given that he at all times talks about Northern institutions-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: Can Deputy Adams not allow the Northern Ireland institutions, which are investigating this matter-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----including the Police Service of Northern Ireland and agencies from the UK that deal with fraud and serious crime issues-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: As I understand it, those different organisations, including some organisations from the US-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----are inquiring into this. Does that not suggest that Deputy Adams lacks confidence in the Northern Ireland institutions to make inquiries that could lead to a conclusion of those investigations?

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I believe Deputy Adams is engaging in a game of charades.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: It is extremely important-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The suggestion is that a substantial sum of money was to be awarded to a number of parties involved-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I am reading in the newspapers about the allegations being made by different people-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----that a substantial sum of money was potentially going to be given, shared, awarded - whatever term the Deputy wants to use - to particular individuals involved in particular deals. Rightly, the policing authorities are examining this.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I would suggest, Deputy, that that is the proper-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----issue that needs to be addressed. If it is being suggested, as it seems to be, that sums of money were being paid to individuals in a particular way, then it is right that the policing authorities should investigate that.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: It is right that the other agencies should investigate it and also that the Northern Ireland committee should investigate it-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and should produce answers. In regard to the Minister, Deputy Noonan, he is available to the Committee of Public Accounts and to all the other committees of this House-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: The Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin, Deputy McDonald, is a member of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: I suggest that if Deputy Adams sees further merit in committees of this House, or members of Sinn Féin who are members of the Committee of Public Accounts, examining the matter further, they should do that.

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Joan Burton: They should do that because it is important in terms of governance and integrity of practices in the North.