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Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 14:In page 5, to delete lines 14 to 16 and substitute the following: ““relevant premises” means a premises to which a relevant licence is attached.”. This is a technical matter. At present, the legislation states:“relevant premises” means a premises to which- (a) a relevant licence is attached, and (b) persons are admitted for...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Most Deputies have alluded to the fact that this is July and we first heard of this initiative last October. We are able to do things in this House overnight sometimes and more times it takes a year. It is worrying it has taken so long to get this body up and running. One would have to wonder about the Government's priorities, given that it has failed to progress this initiative for so...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Government keeps saying there is. I know for a fact that Wexford County Council cannot get money from the Government. Approved housing bodies can get some money from the Government much quicker than the local authorities. It takes the local authority two years to get money approved. I do not understand why that is the case. I must get someone to sit down with the Minister of State to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland has accepted under the refugee protection programme; when the original figure of 4,000 refugees will be reached; the reason for the delays in resettlement and relocation; his views on whether the family reunification programme will experience delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had discussions with the Garda Inspectorate regarding retirement figures in An Garda Síochána; if he has assessed the possible need for a foreign recruitment drive particularly in the area of white collar crime; his plans to have discussions with the new Garda Commissioner with regard to these retirements;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures Data (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the functioning of the protected disclosures system in An Garda Síochána; his further views on whether it is serving the needs of those who make a protected disclosure; the number of protected disclosures An Garda Síochána has received since 2014 under this system; the number of the disclosures...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 7 February 2018, the number of prosecutions that were commenced in respect of unlicensed gaming activity for non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by district; the number of these that led to convictions; the enforcement role An Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I thank the delegation for their submissions. Last March, the House of Commons Library compiled a briefing document on the collapse of Carillion. It reads:In the eight years from 2009 to 2016, Carillion paid out £554 million in dividends, three quarters of the cash it made from operations. In the five-and-half-year period from January 2012 to June 2017, Carillion paid out £333...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: When due diligence is being carried out, does the NDFA look past the auditors or is that as far as one goes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Mr. Cahillane said that no red flags were raised about Carillion. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does Mr. Cahillane accept that Carillion was a bit of a Ponzi scheme and that these guys were a sham?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: It was a con job. The NDFA looked past KPMG but did not see that anything was wrong. Is it fair to say that there might be an issue with how the NDFA carries out due diligence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Was the contract awarded in July 2016?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: Does Mr. Cahillane agree that the reputation of KPMG was pretty well shattered a bit before then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I know that the NDFA does not do legislation. Legislation covering subcontractors was introduced in 2013.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is pretty obvious at this stage that the legislation is fairly useless and did not do what was intended. Let us consider its definition of a construction contract. Section 2(3) of the Construction Contracts Act states: "A contract between a State authority and its partner in a public private partnership arrangement, as those terms are defined in the State Authorities (Public Private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I ask Mr. Cahillane to please repeat what he said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Construction Contracts Act states in section 2(3) states that it is not a construction contract if a PPP is involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: I want to discuss KPMG. The NDFA officials have stated the NDFA has taken legal advice that there is not a great position, from a legal point of view, for it to take a case against KPMG. Given that so many subcontractors are affected, with the consequential impact, and as KPMG did such a bad job of assessing the position of Carillion, would the NDFA consider taking a case not on its own...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: The subcontractors are the ones who are suffering the most for KPMG making a dog's dinner of its assessment of Carillion. The subcontractors cannot afford to go toe to toe in the High Court with KPMG. Even though the State might not have a great case, do the witnesses agree the State should consider taking a case on behalf of the subcontractors in the interests of justice?