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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)
Imelda Munster: There are well over 2,700 people in Drogheda waiting to do their driving test. They will be waiting at least 30 weeks, if they are lucky, to get a test date. For some reason, the Road Safety Authority, RSA, seems to deem Drogheda not suitable as a location for a test centre. Following information I requested from the RSA, seven of the 14 sites it looked at were deemed not suitable but it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: I want to touch on the immigrant investor programme, or cash for visas or golden visas as it was more widely known. It is fair to say it was controversial from the very start. It is also fair to say there were some benefits for community-led projects in particular. My question is about oversight and transparency. The Department was tasked with approving the scheme and with oversight of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: From every single applicant.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Prior to 2019-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Can we get figures on this just to confirm it? Did the Department receive the documents, or request and receive them, prior to or after approving the visa?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: I am speaking about these three documents.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Did the Department go ahead with anything without receipt of these three documents from each applicant?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Subsequently, after the visa was granted?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Why were they mandatory after 2019?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: So it was fairly lax up until that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Prior to it being mandatory, did the witnesses look for that basic proof and evidence for applicants applying for the scheme?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: I wanted to touch on one scheme in particular, which I think was the Huawen scheme. The sole broker there was Kai Dai. It is in the public domain. Many questions need to be asked about it. This comes back to due diligence, oversight and that sort of thing. The Department approved that particular scheme in 2018. It was to consist of an investment of €8 million in the Nuremore...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: It is in the public domain, in fairness.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Correspondence was flagged up over the years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: We were talking about the benefits of the scheme. Some €43.5 million was invested in the scheme and the scheme never happened.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Would Mr. O'Dwyer know anything about this? Where did the €43 million go?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: I think those are litigation proceedings. Are there criminal proceedings?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Litigation. Are there criminal proceedings at the minute?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: They are litigation proceedings. The hotel that was to be part of the investment has now gone into liquidation and people have lost their jobs. Where was the oversight? Some €43 million was committed to be invested. Investors got their golden visas and the investments disappeared. At what stage does the Department step in? It approved the scheme. The investors never followed...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Imelda Munster: Who would be tasked with that if not the Department of Justice?