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Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister had more time left and I asked a second question.

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: You cut off the Minister. The second question still stands. If the loans revert to NAMA, will the Government facilitate the people whose loans they are in purchasing them from NAMA at a reduction, similar to that offered to the markets in the process taking place in March or at a lower rate? I assume there will be an administration burden on NAMA. It is important for the Minister to have...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We have reached the eleventh day of a scandal in which the Minister, Deputy Shatter, has been at the epicentre. First, there was the alleged bugging of the GSOC offices. Then there was the rubbishing of those claims as baseless innuendo by the Minister. He misled the Dáil last Tuesday regarding the report he received from GSOC. Now, there is new information in the public domain as a...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: He said the Garda Commissioner had made a serious error of judgment and that he knew, or should have known, about the malpractice. He also goes on to suggest that the Garda Commissioner should stand aside. He also said:I think the Commissioner has a case to answer. I think you have the evidence they destroyed you. A man has only got his reputation. You were just standing up for what is...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to correct the record, including by the Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, who made a complete and inappropriate slur against the whistleblower in October-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----and has still failed to correct the public record.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister should be informed that the review set up has nothing at all to do with the confidential recipient, the transcript of that conversation or the file the Taoiseach has received. I am sure the Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, is aware of this and, if she is not, she must make herself aware of it. I am sure that what the Government is trying to do is to confuse the public, if it can...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, asked us for additional information. We have no additional information, but she should ask the Minister for Justice and Equality because in 2012 he received a document which showed there was widespread abuse in small sections of the Garda in connection with various serious matters. He failed to investigate them at an appropriate level. He said-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The person who had the full information, the confidential recipient, said the Commissioner should be asked to stand aside as he had a vested interest. He said he should stand aside during the investigation as he was investigating himself again. What is required for public confidence to be restored in the Garda at all levels is an independent commission of investigation. The Government...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----alleged bugging within GSOC, and inappropriate or misleading comments being made in the Dáil, that the only person held accountable in all of the scandals in the past 11 days is the confidential recipient who, as Deputy Charles Flanagan outlined, had to go because he had made comments that were considered inappropriate against the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister might as well sit down. That is a pathetic response which disrespects those who want transparency in the system.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister's response to a call for a debate on this matter in the House is that that is a matter for the Whips. Will the Minister support that debate in the context of it being about a person in a key position in relation to a major scandal having been sacked?

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Will Deputy Burton as Minister and speaking on behalf of the Labour Party support the holding of a debate at the earliest opportunity next week? When will the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill relating to the management of State claims agencies and third party legal costs arising from the tribunals, which I assume is being introduced as a result of the many...

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----and the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, in relation to not accepting the findings. It is important the Taoiseach informs the House of his position and that of the Government on the Moriarty Tribunal findings.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister accept the findings?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance the communications he has had with the EU Commission regarding Ireland’s corporation tax regime or elements of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8346/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he has communicated to the banks that under the MART process letters threatening legal action do not constitute a sustainable offer. [8349/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Debt Restructuring (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he has formally raised the issue of the retrospective recapitalisation at the Eurogroup or ECOFIN meetings since September 2012. [8348/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release the letter sent by Jean-Claude Trichet of 19 November 2010 regarding the Irish bailout to the banking inquiry if requested. [8347/14]