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- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Let us get real here.
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: I am asking questions and the Minister is running down the clock.
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: If the Minister were in charge of a major investigation, would he not think it essential to pick up the telephone and call the expert witness or find out where he was and go to talk to him?
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Second, when the sergeant returned from sick leave and found out that the investigation had been finished and the report was not published, does the Minister not agree that the assistant commissioner should have interviewed him at that stage?
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: "Sorry" really is the hardest word. Can the Minister not just say he is sorry, he got it wrong?
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: The point is the Minister alleged non-co-operation. Obviously Sergeant McCabe was not interviewed by Assistant Commissioner O'Mahony but does the Minister accept that Sergeant McCabe was never called on the telephone, texted, e-mailed, faxed or visited at his home by the Assistant Commissioner or anyone acting for him, to ask him to participate in the investigation?
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: What the Minister said now-----
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: The Minister is running down the clock. I want him to be very precise.
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: I know all that. I want to ask a supplementary question.
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: I have read all that. What the Minister has just said about a potential misunderstanding is a completely different situation to non-co-operation. If the Minister were in charge of a major investigation and he knew a particular witness had expert knowledge of the situation, would he be happy for a misunderstanding or anything else to stop him from contacting that person? Would he not contact...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Where are their headquarters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Outside Ireland is a very big place. Could Mr. Wallace be more specific?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Has Mr. Wallace looked at their track record of what they have done when they have acted as vulture capitalists in other situations, the type of profits they have made and how they have acted? Has he looked at their track records, at least?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: What does that mean?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Judging by the morality of the financial markets, shadow banking and so forth, and the standards that apply there, the standards of those operators might be good, but they are not good from the point of view of ordinary people. In regard to the PricewaterhouseCoopers report, the Minister told me in the Dáil last week that he would ask the witness to give us that or a redacted version of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: The only option given by PricewaterhouseCoopers is to put 13,000 mortgages on the market for vulture capitalists.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Did the witness look for any other options?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: They came back with one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Why will the witness not give it to us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of IBRC Mortgage Loan Book: Discussion (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Mr. Wallace has referred several times to so-called independent advice. Is PricewaterhouseCoopers part of that process?