Mattie McGrath Demands Full Disclosure on Clonmel Park Hotel Claims

Thank you for your surveillance for my late entry to speak in time. Minister, I am very disappointed that the teacher is not here, because this is a huge vote, a huge amount of funding, and it is going, you know, many different aspects, and especially dealing with NAMA, and dealing with, you know, Project 8, as mentioned, and indeed, a funding here, a vote of funding here, still paying for the Mariachi 5 million and 30 years later, and we saw, well, savings of 850 million was supposed to be saved in one area, with NAMA, and yet we failed to see what those statements teased out. An extra cost in other sections, there is no rhyme or reason to them, or whatever. I am very disappointed that the Taoiseach reportedly was asked to come to the Finance Committee to discuss this. After all, it is his estimate, it is his vote, and his money, and it should be dealt with. And I have raised in this House, Minister, a number of times, as Deputy Michael McGrath, in his time here, Finance Spokesman of your party, had asked questions here about issues in relation to NAMA. And I have raised, on two previous occasions in this House, serious matters relating to the unauthorised use of Mr John Fracher's personal tax number by NAMA and the Poppyfield Consortium Partnership, Pat number 9540943A. Since the dissolution of the partnership on the 3rd of December, 2013, that is the most serious thing to happen. This man has been trading in Clonmel for decades, got into financial difficulties, went into bankruptcy, moved to England, and to think that his tax number was continuing to be used. And I am putting on the record that Mr George Apter Maloney, trustee in bankruptcy, appointed that express request by NAMA, fraudulently used Mr John Fracher's tax number in a dissolved partnership over a protected number of years relating to Clonmel Park Hotel. Things that are going on in NAMA, and have gone on in NAMA, and history won't be kind to it, but it will be too late for the taxpayers who have been bled dry here. It is shocking. This is supported by annual revenue returns submitted by dissolved partnerships, and is knowingly forced returns by NAMA in 2015. Clearly, clearly shocking stuff. The Chairman Frank Daly, Chief Executive Brendan McDonough, Head of Legal Alan Stewart, are all aware of the above, and are all NTMA employees. What is going on here? That this could go on, it has been questioned by the finance spokesman of your party back in his opposition, now Commissioner. George Maloney now sits on the Regulatory Decisions Unit of the Central Bank. His profile on the Central Bank website includes the following. He is included on the current Insolvency and Enforcement Panels for NAMA, and as a member of the Revenue Commissioners Panel for Expert Witness and Complex Bank Insolvency Arrangements. I question, my goodness, this is a white-collar crime, and I am calling for all disclosure on every transaction in relation to Clonmel Park Hotel, and the dissolved partnership after 13 December 2013, they are all fraudulent. How can we have debate here to see if the teacher can fight it? Okay, maybe he has to be whoever he is, but I have said in the past, anywhere that he is not who he wants to be, whether it is Ukraine, or whether it is WEF, or whether it is the World Bank, whether it is the COP, whatever. But he needs to cop on and know that his responsibility is to this house, to the people of Ireland. And I met a person at a function earlier over in Brussels, who said that he was doing great duties all over the world. His duty, profound duty, solemn duty of the Constitution to be here, and this has to be rooted out here. The corporate and white-collar crime is disgusting. And John Cracker, a Clonmel businessman, tax number could be used for several years when he was out of the country and had ceased trading. Now I know this. Revenue and all this. Department of Finance and all this. Who is going to deal with it? I do not expect you, Minister Butler, to deal with it. I do not expect that he is going to deal with it. It is going on for too long. As I said, questions were asked by the former, now-commissioner, or former finance spokesman, Professor Farfina Fawle, when he questioned this on behalf of Deputy Fracker. How is a businessman in Ireland, who is abroad and bankrupt and tried to trade abroad, and his tax number is being used here, and Millens shoveled through his tax number and tax returns falsely. How can that stand up in any kangaroo, any banana republic, if we let that go on? We have bought all this money for NAMI here. We have bought all this money for all the difference and overspins and underspins all passed through with glib reference to what we should be doing. So it is totally unacceptable. Thank you for allowing me to try this evening.