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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: There is a public perception that the reason is that the Director of Public Prosecutions needs time to prepare a case. These things take time. One needs to be deliberate and correct before lodging a case. What Mr. Elderfield is saying is that the systems have not been put in place to determine how the law can be changed to facilitate those prosecutions, when it comes to the bodies that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: I am agreeing with the Vice Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: Obviously the regulator has definite opinions about what needs to be done because he has examined the area.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: Fair enough. A regular member of the public, whether they lost everything or not, would ask the following simple question. Why has it not been done yet? I presume that Mr. Elderfield, as regulator, related his opinions to the Garda Síochána or whomever. Has he done so? Is there a sense of frustration?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: I understand. Mr. John Moran, Secretary General, Department of Finance attends here quite regularly. In the early days of his job he was very overt and clear about where problems lay in the Department and where people did not talk to each other. He put together a simple system to make sure that people talk to each other and there are no gaps when organisations wish to deal with issues. ...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: Mr. Elderfield has been hanging around for a long time so I will be quick. Deputy Donohoe touched on the issue I wanted to raise, which is the lack of prosecutions. Mr. Elderfield mentioned there are some weaknesses in the area of white collar crime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: He stated there is still a way to go with regard to what we need to do when it comes to a legal framework and the capabilities we have to prosecute people who potentially broke the law in this area. I deal with many people who have lost everything, and five years on the Financial Regulator has made this statement. People would be surprised that these weaknesses are still inherent in the system.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: I think it does, thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: Fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: I think people throughout the Government think Deputy McGuinness has.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: That was my point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: I will repeat the question, if that is all right with the Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: It is a question or comment and he may deal with it however he wishes. I will make a point at the end of it. I will give my opinion and will then ask him a question. I have mentioned the London issue, which he needs to clarify quickly. That would be helpful. I revert to the "Tonight with Vincent Browne" programme, at the end of which I thought the Chairman got quite direct and combative...
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: This is a question-comment. I want to refer to the Vincent Browne programme but it is clear that the London issue needs to be addressed. Members made it absolutely clear that the details of that need to be forthcoming, and I would agree with them. To refer to Vincent Browne's programme a few nights ago, at the end of the exchange between Deputy McGuinness and Mr. Browne - it was a typical...
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: Will the Vice Chairman let Deputy McGuinness answer the question?
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ceremonial Protocol (13 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 170. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times in the past nine years that a full or partial ceremonial guard of honour was afforded the President of Ireland; and if he will list the different occasions when those guards of honour within that timeframe were formed up. [28765/13]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: That has got to hurt.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (11 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 100. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the overall workforce that is employed in small and medium enterprises. [26494/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide trade figures between Ireland and China for each of the past five years. [26608/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences Approvals (11 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the oil and gas companies that have current licences for exploration, onshore and offshore; and the number actively exploring and the locations. [26609/13]