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Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the new US President; when his next visit to the US is scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1781/09]

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Taoiseach indicate to us his hopes in respect of an engagement with President Obama other than the photo opportunity of the presentation? Is he hopeful? Does he expect to have a meaningful engagement with the President and to have the opportunity to address, in a serious and focused way, the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States? All sides of this House share concern...

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach secure assurances?

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: But to very few others.

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a very naive acceptance.

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not. The Taoiseach will always get a pat on the back of the head.

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A pat on the back of the head will no longer suffice.

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Absolutely.

Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following matter of national importance requiring immediate address, namely, the extent of the knowledge of the Minister for Finance and-or his Department of the irregular transactions between Anglo Irish Bank and other financial institutions including Irish Nationwide Building Society and Irish Life & Permanent when he...

Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is difficult to credit that you do not consider that last matter appropriate given the seriousness of the situation.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On 20 January I asked specifically of the Minister for Finance if he had other information he was not sharing with the Deputies on the Opposition benches, whom he was asking to buy a pig in a poke. He was asking us to sign up to the expenditure of public moneys and the exposure of the public finances to what I described as potentially a financial cesspit. That is exactly as it has proven to...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That constituted absolute misleading of the Members of this House who were facing a critical proposition — one, thankfully, that a significant body of us had the wit and sense not to sign up to.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is imperative that the Minister and the Taoiseach come before the House to face the real questions about Anglo Irish Bank - what they knew, what they know now, and what they really propose to do about those who betrayed the loyalty and trust that was put in them and the responsibility that was given to them in their positions at the helm of that bank and other financial institutions....

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and these irregular transactions. The big questions are why the Financial Regulator was unable to come clean on these matters, and what was the extent of his knowledge, and that of his office, about these matters.

Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question : To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the knowledge of himself or his Department of the irregular transactions between Anglo Irish Bank and other financial institutions, including the Irish Nationwide Building Society and Irish Life & Permanent, when he proposed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on 20 January 2009 the nationalisation of the Anglo Irish Bank; the full facts...

Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Minister confirming that €4 billion was deposited on 30 September, the day the bank's financial year ended, and hours after the Government's guarantee to the banks was announced? Does the Minister recognise that this will be seen right across the board as an exercise in cooking the books and that another financial institution, Irish Life & Permanent, was knowingly involved as it...

Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will conclude by asking the steps he now proposes to take to explore the complicit roles of the other main financial institutions, namely, Irish Nationwide in respect of Mr. FitzPatrick, Irish Life & Permanent in regard to this transfer of funds in September and any additional relationship that may exist between Anglo Irish Bank and other financial institutions.

Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He has suggested that he is constrained because of possible later actions but the House and the people deserve a factual account of the steps he is taking or intends to take in respect of those executives and other individuals who were involved in what can at best be described as highly irregular activities——

Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and, in the opinion of all fair minded people, as criminally irresponsible, to put it mildly.

Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Prior to the 20th.