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Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister sold them.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: How can the Minister say it was a small number? He could not tell us how many posters earlier on, now it is a small number.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: On mature reflection, was it?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It could have been 1,000.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister does not know what a donation in kind is.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: When the Minister came before the House last week with his version of events, I told him he had been caught out. He was caught out concealing donations that were not declared at the time, in 2016. Despite the fact that he had information back in 2017 on the use of the company van, he did not do anything about it. He was caught out when journalists contacted him in November 2020 and he said...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Answer the question.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Who carried out the review? The Minister informed at least one journalist that he carried out a review and he did not need to change his declaration. We now know that was not true. We now know he got a donation of postering in the 2016 campaign and again in 2020. Who carried out the review and how was the Minister able to issue that response in November - another cover-up in respect of...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: To clarify this-----

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, the Minister is now talking down the clock.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Let me ask the questions. He told the media after his review that there was nothing to see here, but he is after telling the House that during the review it was identified that Michael Stone put up the posters in 2016. He has also told the House that some members of his team recollected that Michael Stone made a contribution in 2020. I ask the Minister to please come clean on this. How...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does not matter.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That does not matter.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: How many posters did they put up?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Six men, three vans and five bikes. How many posters did they put up?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No, no. The Minister is just-----

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am interested in accountability.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Last week, the Minister would not answer any of the questions.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is a cock and bull story. The Minister has been caught out time and again not just in terms of-----

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----accepting undeclared political donations, but a cover-up that has gone on week after week-----