Defeat of 30th (Abbeylara) amendment means no banking inquiry

Duke Leonal Felmet

http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/pac-to-investigate-2008-bank-guarantee-527893.html

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/pac-to-investigate-2008-bank-guarantee-527893.html

Absolutely. No banking inquiry can happen. That much I know for a fact.

PeterIanStaker

We were never going to get one; even if the 30th Amendment had passed, a banking enquiry would have likely been declared "not in the public interest".

Besides, would you give up your right to a fair trial and give FF, FG, SF Td's and Senators investigative powers, just on the off chance they'd sniff around the banks?

Those powers, had they been granted, would have only been used for scapegoating people and covering politicians and bankers' backsides. This is Ireland, remember.

caseyann

And here comes the scare mongering and attempt to bring the vote around again.And Irish will think oh we need the banking inquiry and vote yes.:rolleyes:

matthew8

Since when are politicians the only people who can investigate bankers? If they have done anything against the law, a lawyer can press charges (and you can hire a lawyer to do just that). If they haven't broken the law, then they would have no place in an oireachtas inquiry.

Mr.Micro

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/pac-to-investigate-2008-bank-guarantee-527893.html

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/pac-to-investigate-2008-bank-guarantee-527893.html

Absolutely. No banking inquiry can happen. That much I know for a fact.

TBH how long would it take? Look at the Anglo still nothing 3 years on. It would take forever and like all the tribunals means what in the end? Nothing. We all know what happened, good old corruption and greed. The lawyers were hoping for another feeding frenzy?

Duke Leonal Felmet

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/pac-to-investigate-2008-bank-guarantee-527893.html

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/pac-to-investigate-2008-bank-guarantee-527893.html

Absolutely. No banking inquiry can happen. That much I know for a fact.

Christ, I may as well respond to my own post since no one seems capable of interpreting it correctly...

Yes Duke, clearly this news demonstrates that the Dail is capable of having inquiries into any matter, under current legislation. They just can't have absolute power of proceedings, like they wanted to. So proponents of the amendment were either misled or lying when they stated that the Dail were powerless to launch inquiries.


Ok, back to your barely coherent ramblings, people.

carveone

Dude you're on internet time here. Noone read the articles before replying and realised you were being ultra sarcastic

That's ok. Can we call them on this then? I mean noone (other than boards) has called them on the continuing line (McWilliams et al) that

"It was the ECBs low low interest rates that caused the boom and bust and so Fianna Fail were entirely blameless and we deserve thanks and praise and stuff as long as you don't spot that current ECB rates are 1.25% and AIB/NIB/BOI rates certainly are not"...*

And so on. We need a new Political Party picked from people who have a clue - boards politics moderators


* if you disagree, find another thread!!!

swordofislam

Well Peter Sutherland got his way in the end. No enquiry (inquiry?) can be held now, it would be pointless with their lordships following the tipstaff while sepulchrally rubbing themselves through their silks at the thought of the fees their kids will make from the next tranche of tribunals.

Duke Leonal Felmet

swordofislam wrote: »

Well Peter Sutherland got his way in the end. No enquiry (inquiry?) can be held now, it would be pointless with their lordships following the tipstaff while sepulchrally rubbing themselves through their silks at the thought of the fees their kids will make from the next tranche of tribunals.

No sum of money is worth handing away our rights for.

Duke Leonal Felmet

carveone wrote: »

Dude you're on internet time here. Noone read the articles before replying and realised you were being ultra sarcastic

That's ok. Can we call them on this then? I mean noone (other than boards) has called them on the continuing line (McWilliams et al) that

"It was the ECBs low low interest rates that caused the boom and bust and so Fianna Fail were entirely blameless and we deserve thanks and praise and stuff as long as you don't spot that current ECB rates are 1.25% and AIB/NIB/BOI rates certainly are not"...*

And so on. We need a new Political Party picked from people who have a clue - boards politics moderators


* if you disagree, find another thread!!!

Perhaps I expect too much of people in thinking they might read something before forming an opinion.

carveone

swordofislam wrote: »

sepulchrally rubbing themselves through their silks

I'm going to use that in a sentence today....

I'd rather the government spent less time with referenda and more time figuring out how to increase employment without stealing money from private pensions.

I see the top and middle managers in the public sector are earning well about EU average while the rank and file are earning less than average. Means if you complain about the public sector, people can point to one or another depending on which point they're trying to argue against...

But that's a bit off topic for this thread

Duke Leonal Felmet

carveone wrote: »

swordofislam wrote: »

sepulchrally rubbing themselves through their silks

I'm going to use that in a sentence today....

I'd rather the government spent less time with referenda and more time figuring out how to increase employment without stealing money from private pensions.

I see the top and middle managers in the public sector are earning well about EU average while the rank and file are earning less than average. Means if you complain about the public sector, people can point to one or another depending on which point they're trying to argue against...

But that's a bit off topic for this thread

Don't worry, it seems like any topic goes in here.

How do people fancy Ireland's chances against Estonia?