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Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is the competent authority and the appropriate mechanism to investigate the Siteserv transaction and delve much more deeply into the operation of IBRC and the seemingly very tight relationships between a number of the characters who emerge repeatedly in this narrative.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Those who picked up the tab for the meltdown are well aware that it happened. People out there who suffered the brunt of the austerity that arose from corruption, cronyism and bad management know all about it.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I know all about it too because I represent some of those people. People want to know what was going on in IBRC. That is what I am putting to the Tánaiste. Some of the information and some of the concerns relating to IBRC have been raising their heads for some time, and I commend Deputy Murphy on her sterling work in bringing some of these matters to a head. I absolutely commend her...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The interesting thing, in case the Tánaiste does not know, is that throughout the years when these matters have been raised the answer from the Government and the Minister for Finance has been to hide behind commercial sensitivity.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: All of the answers are there in black and white in parliamentary questions. We now know that what was hidden under the veil of commercial sensitivity were practices and deals which raised grave concerns within the Civil Service. I respectfully say the civil servants were not listened to. It seems the Minister, Deputy Noonan, took the say-so of Alan Dukes, let it be said a former leader of...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: We need to know what happened in respect of Siteserv, and that is for absolute certain-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but we need a full examination, root and branch, of all of those deals that gave rise to concern within the Civil Service and the system. Those concerns are not new; they are long-standing. We need to know and we need to have a full examination of each and every one of them. I will quote words the Tánaiste said in 2012, and bear in mind that when she uttered these words, these...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to hear from the Tánaiste a commitment to a commission of inquiry.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do not try to use the Comptroller and Auditor General as a get out clause. These matters have to be investigated thoroughly. The 2004 legislation is there for this express purpose. I suggest the Tánaiste utilises it.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is what Mr. Dukes told the Minister, Deputy Noonan.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I did not say that.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste is very defensive.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: And chicanery.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: And insider deals.

Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is very clear that the Tánaiste is not keen on a full investigation. The Comptroller and Auditor General does not have the competence or authority to carry out what the Tánaiste is suggesting. Those are the words from the man's own mouth. The Tánaiste said she was not sure whether there would have to be a legislative change. She should be sure at this stage. It has been...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will the Government bring forward the motion?

Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste is just rude.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: By the Taoiseach.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate the clarity of the Comptroller and Auditor General in stating that, as it stands, he and his office have no remit or power to investigate matters related to IBRC. I am struck by the fact - this is my interpretation and I am not attributing this thought process to the Comptroller and Auditor General - that the Department indicated a willingness to bring forward legislation to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could we also ask the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to send us a note on the quality, content and outcomes of its meeting with the local stakeholders? In other words, we should ask it to tell us what happened, what was discussed and what was agreed. That will ensure the committee has a record of it.