Results 8,081-8,100 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste needs to withdraw that remark.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: And would you ask the Tánaiste to retract that statement?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Well then do that.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, you did not.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is what she said.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are entitled to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: In part of the correspondence from Mr. Ryan in respect of his dossier, is his own legal advice from Mr. John Hennessy S.C. on the protection afforded him under the protected disclosures legislation, it is at variance with what we have been told orally by our adviser. This issue has come up at previous meetings. Has the committee done anything to reconcile those positions or get some...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The concern is that, even before carrying out the necessary risk assessment, there are not only two different views but absolutely conflicting views. Doctors differ and patients die. That is the nature of interpretation. However, the views are so radically different and the preliminary view taken will shape the nature of the risk assessment. That causes me concern. We do not want to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I take it that we are going to ask for that second opinion? For the purposes of absolute certainty, no one here is doubting the good faith in which legal advice has been given to this committee. Our colleagues in the office of the parliamentary legal adviser should not take this the wrong way but we now have two contradictory views. For the purposes of carrying out our work, as...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not think what I raised here seeks to create a Groundhog Day scenario or to second-guess last week's decision. The risk assessment is necessary and that was decided last week. I am merely pointing out that, from the start of that process, we have had an immediate and very sensitive difficulty in respect of the protections afforded to the whistleblower. He wrote to us. This has been...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: On 12 November I raised with the Taoiseach allegations made by a whistleblower from within the ranks of the senior Civil Service. The whistleblower in question was the authorised officer appointed to examine a scheme of tax evasion through Ansbacher accounts. He has come forward with allegations of tax evasion by senior political figures and of obstruction in the investigation and exposure...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The whistleblower further alleges that other senior figures from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael also held these very secret Ansbacher accounts that were administered by the late Des Traynor and a Mr. Pádraig Colleary, formerly of Guinness & Mahon. The whistleblower reports, as I said, absolute obstruction to his efforts to complete his investigation. He further reports that...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: What next? Can the serving civil servant complete his investigation? I know that he has made that request of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. Will he or the Taoiseach permit that? What of any Garda investigation? I know the Minister, Deputy Bruton, very belatedly passed on a witness statement to the Garda Bureau for Fraud Investigation. Will the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not a case of me making allegations against anyone. I emphasise that these are allegations, but they come from a credible source. The whistleblower alleges Des O'Malley, Ray McSharry, Gerard Collins, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, an S. Barrett, Richie Ryan - a former Minister for Finance - and others -----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Pardon me.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am echoing the serious allegations that have been brought forward by the whistleblower. That is the allegation.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The difficulty, Taoiseach, is this -----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you. The difficulty is this: the whistleblower alleges matters of serious concern associated with senior public figures, some of whom are still in receipt of State payments, by way of a pension as we speak. The whistleblower has told us clearly that he -----