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TDS ARE TO hand over documents containing serious allegations about Bus Éireann to An Garda Síochána.
The letters are believed to make allegations about individuals both within Bus Éireann and bus operators who dealt with Bus Éireann.
Bus Eireann has rubbished claims of bribery made by some bus operators, who say they were forced to give kickbacks in order to win contracts to operate school bus services.
Bus Éireann has repeatedly denied the claims, which it says are “designed to damage its reputation through a media trial rather than through the due process of the legal system”.
In a statement this evening, the Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communication said it was going to hand over some documents – without specifying their contents – to the gardaí.
The documents were given to the clerk of the committee by Bus Éireann.
“The Committe has taken legal advice on these documents and, on foot of that, this afternoon took the decision for the Clerk to forward the documents to An Garda Síochána pursuant to its obligations under the Criminal Justice Act 2011 and other enactments,” a spokesperson for the Oireachtas confirmed in a statement.
“The substance of the allegations contained in these documents fall outside the Committee’s remit and could potentially involve wrong-doing and, in that regards, the Committee has agreed to refer the matter to the appropriate authority for such issues, which in this case is An Garda Síochána”.
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The British Government are not adhering to the Good Friday agreement.Leo said he would no longer leave Nationalists in the north behind. Time to stand up then Taoiseach!
It wouldn’t be like the Brits to renege on an agreement now , would it ?
@Frank Lloyd wright: What’s the bet that the FFG commenters stay off this thread. They hate it when articles like this show how Nationalists are still treated like second class citizens. They must feel some shame.
@Cal Mooney: Forgive them Cal, they don’t have a clue.
@Cal Mooney: Do you believe you have a monopoly on Irishness and are the only one qualified to speak on such matters?
@Liam Mernagh: British reneging on deals since its existence!
@Liam Mernagh: So what is your opinion? Do you have one, or am I r8ght?
Bizarrely, this could also be very important for adoption rights in the Republic of Ireland. Adopted people in the north have open records and the current Adoption Bill in the south does not give us equal rights with northern adoptees. I’ll be following this closely…
Get off the fence…pick one or the other.
@SFNutters: I am pretty sure the good Friday agreement spells out that anyone born in the North don’t have to pick a side of your fence. I can’t wait for you to prove me wrong.
Very easy born in wales your welsh,born in Scotland your a scot.born in Ireland your Irish born in England your……
@Dave Walsh: so, my aunt who was born in England to two Irish parents and who only spent the first 2 years of her life in England is English and not Irish, despite her brother and sister both being Irish by your very strict standards? Basically, all of her siblings, parents, and children are Irish except her because she just happened to be born in England.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: our president was born in Limerick,yet he considers himself to from Galway…
@Dave Walsh: Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
@Dave Walsh: Just being born in the UK doesn’t give you UK citizenship, although it used to be the case up until the 1980′s. Now, for automatic citizenship, at least one of your parents has to be a UK citizen. (I believe Ireland has similar rules.) Unless the Home Office ups it game, then post-Brexit another Windrush scandal looms – for children of EU parents who don’t get registered.
@Dave Walsh: I don’t see your relevance. Neither Galway nor Limerick as a place of origin entails any sort of legal rights and responsibilities, whereas Irish or British nationality does.
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/becoming_an_irish_citizen_through_marriage.html
Simple solution at finger tips of Irish government. Time to enforce the GFA over British intransigence!!!
Not welcome until they legislate for SSM and abortion to be legalised, and disown certain backwards bakers.
@Orla Smith: I should have said Northern Ireland, not these two individuals.
@Orla Smith: still welcome and we will figure it out.
@Orla Smith: nothing would make King Billy prouder than if the DUP agreed to legislate for same sex marriage, considering his proclivities…
I think most people in mainland UK and the republic are fast loosing patience with the problem child (NI). It’s had their chance of moving into the 21st century with a clean slate but it’s apparent the next generation have had the poison of bigotry installed in them. The NI politicians have been remarkable in their failure to bring the country together over the decades. Why put anymore effort into NI. Seal all borders (UK and Ireland) and let it sought itself out.
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