Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach
Senator Norris made a point about human rights. I understand his point and I will convey it to the Tánaiste when I have the opportunity to speak to him. I am not sure that there will be an international financial court to try persons in banking but if we could start with having a workable and credible facility here, in terms of finding out what happened, we might get to know more of the truth. In so far as prosecutions of persons who might have been involved in criminal activities in financial circles or banks in Ireland are concerned, a great deal of information has been sent by the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Garda fraud squad to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The office of the DPP is utterly independent and is obviously assessing that information with a view to considering whether action will follow.
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