Results 13,101-13,120 of 21,203 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: He also asked to have his investigation completed.
- 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 -----
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----has gone to every length to have these matters explored and investigated. He now fears this will never happen. My question is this. Given the serious nature of these allegations against named persons and, perhaps, the more serious allegation that there was a connivance to avoid or even to cover up the exposure of these matters, and given that the Committee of Public Accounts is not...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: ----- whistleblower failed to investigate these matters fully and thoroughly?
- 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-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Well then do that.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: In case the Tánaiste did not hear me clearly, in the years that I am in this House in so far as I am concerned and the women and men of Sinn Féin are concerned, anybody culpable of crimes such as this faces the full rigours of the law-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----but I understand that the Tánaiste raised this by way of diversion and perhaps we will leave that discussion to another day. I am raising this issue on the floor of the House because I have been asked to do so. It has been requested of me as a parliamentarian.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: One might ask why this request has been made. The simple reason is because these victims have faced a brick wall, institutionally, through the various Departments that I mentioned to the Tánaiste - Education, the Gaeltacht, the HSE, the Department of Justice and Equality and, indeed, An Garda Síochána. That is the reality. There is little point in the Tánaiste saying to...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Without getting into the specifics of the case, because clearly the Tánaiste does not have the specifics even though this has been a matter of public concern for a number of years and has been well publicised, could she not simply agree with me on behalf of those victims but most particularly on behalf of Gearóid Ó Conchubhair-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----who wants that review report, that it be given to him? Could she not also agree that the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner must hand on whatever information Tusla requires without delay?