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Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Let us get real here.

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: I am asking questions and the Minister is running down the clock.

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: If the Minister were in charge of a major investigation, would he not think it essential to pick up the telephone and call the expert witness or find out where he was and go to talk to him?

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Second, when the sergeant returned from sick leave and found out that the investigation had been finished and the report was not published, does the Minister not agree that the assistant commissioner should have interviewed him at that stage?

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: "Sorry" really is the hardest word. Can the Minister not just say he is sorry, he got it wrong?

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: On a point of order-----

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: According to Standing Orders, it is entirely the prerogative of the Government, represented in the Chamber at the moment by the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, to reorder slightly the order of the Dáil from this morning or from yesterday. I ask them to do so and thereby allow other Deputies who are offering to get the time they deserve. I suggest that...

Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Government is deliberately closing down this question session.

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: I strongly commend Deputy Healy on initiating this motion on a crucial issue. I also commend those who have travelled from throughout the country to highlight the critical importance of the post office network in rural and urban areas. Last night, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources stated:An Post is a commercial State company that earns its own keep and receives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: The way liquidation works in this State, and often the way liquidators act, often constitutes the most ugly face of capitalism. I understand the liquidators are operating for a political boss or master in the form of the Minister for Finance but I am not surprised they are therefore throwing vulnerable home owners to the wolves. That is often done with workers, for example, when companies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: When will that be disclosed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Is that when the sale is completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Is that not an incredible position? Even a slave in ancient Rome knew who was bidding to take him or her into bondage and if the slave was shifted from one master to another, he or she might know to where they were going. Is even that courtesy not being afforded to the more than 13,000 partners or families now experiencing this stress? Is that acceptable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Why can we not be told all the bidders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: When I was a young fellow at the Dingle fair we brought in the cows and several jobbers bid for them. We knew who they were. What is the difference and why would naming the parties be anti-competitive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Do the witnesses realise the arrogance of their position in dealing with Irish citizens in this way? They will not give elected representatives the most basic knowledge. Are the parties involved international vulture capitalists, or venture funds, as the witnesses might call them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: I am asking a new question. What is the nature of the bidders? Are they based in Ireland or outside the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Where are their headquarters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Outside Ireland is a very big place. Could Mr. Wallace be more specific?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)

Joe Higgins: Has Mr. Wallace looked at their track record of what they have done when they have acted as vulture capitalists in other situations, the type of profits they have made and how they have acted? Has he looked at their track records, at least?