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IT WAS REVEALED today that the Health Minister James Reilly’s name is appearing on the defaulters’ list published in the Stubbs Gazette.
The issue has caused considerable controversy with the Minister now likely to make a statement in the Dáil tomorrow in relation to his failure so far to comply with a High Court order regarding the €1.9 million purchase of a nursing home with four other investors.
A monthly business magazine with a cover price of just under €9, Stubbs Gazette has been published continiously since 1836 and has, according to its own website, become recognised as the “reliable and comprehensive source of information that may be determined about companies”.
Its managing director James Treacy said today that publication of the Minister’s name would likely have a a “very detrimental impact” on his reputation.
And here’s what that entry on the defaulters list looks like. It is believed to be the first time ever that a sitting cabinet minister has appeared on such a list:
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This is a direct quote from the Indo …
“Dr Reilly came under fire last year for reportedly hiring out his stately home, the 13-bedroom Laughton House in Moneygall, Co Offaly, for weddings and christenings, while securing a tax break for its upkeep.”
How much is this guy doing in the Dail, he is running a guest house, running clinics, a TD and a Minister all at the same time…
Please someone explain how he can be doing all this or any of these things properly? Does he also have a special advisor exceeding the pay cap?
Of Course Kenny os going to defend him… grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr FFG/FF back and front of the same coin.
How come Reilly gets to speak to the house tomorrow and Wallace was refused. Is rules different for Ministers and TDs ?
Cal, just saw the house on the news, I suspect he is availing of a provision in the tax acts that gives a tax break on “significant” buildings once they are “opened to the public” for a minimum of 30 days a year. So if you can figure out when those days are and if you are of a mind to do so you could go to visit him!
Sean, what have weddings and partys got to do with a house being opened to the public? Thats a profit making effort… nothing to do with doing good for the general public.
Cal, I bet they are used to meet “the open to the public criteria” for the tax break! that’s what they have to do with it
And I taught if u were a minister that under the constitution this is the only position ur supposed to attaib.
“It’s absolutely unacceptable for someone not to pay their dues”
- James Reilly, 8/6/2012
Good news for those not paying the household tax. Even if you get taken to court and fined or ordered to pay follow the lead of a senior minister in government and the deputy leader of FG. Take your time in complying with the order.
The sad thing is , is that James Reilly is probably the most qualified person to hold his office ever. He’s a fantastic doctor and knows how the medical machine operates unlike many of his predecessors he’s more than capable of revamping the totally dysfunctional health service that has evolved over decades.
See his address in the top picture. Shouldn’t the letter G be actually a P ?
If this was a member of FF they would be murder (and rightly too) but its amazing how quiet they all are……
The Blue shirts are Masters at going under ground
Aaah now the bold Enda is defending him. They can come up with all the ridiculous excuses they want. Like they couldnt agree percentages. Simple fact is O’Reilly did not need to wait for the 4 investors agreement to pay up, he could have gone ahead on his own and paid.
I do not fault the man for not paying if he simply doesnt have the money to pay, what makes me sick is that he has said since taking office “its absolutely unacceptable for someone not to pay their debts ” Hypocrite, Hypocrite Hypocrite, Liar, Liar , Liar
Sack Reilly now….It’s the only way !!!
Quote from RTE sixone news..’This is all very embarrassing for Dr O’Reilly ‘ …. Huh? Embarrassing ? Sure you couldn’t embarrass those fffffffers!! There’s an excuse for this and an excuse for that.. one law for them and another law for us.. I effen hate the sight of every single one of them…!
Defending the absolutely indefensible !
Typical FG business acumen , with the Blueshirts circling the wagons , while the Labour Party are on the run as usual & cannot be heard at all in a crisis.
O’Reilly must resign – but will he ?
FG will want themselves to cop on, or they’ll be like FF facing now weekly reports of their reps and ex ones being arrested and taken to court or questioned by fraud squad. Another associate of Brian Cowen pleaded guilty to theft and fraud today.
http://t.co/vQwtCvH3 The link to the latest member of the gangster party to be in court.
Fagan. Read that. Seems they gave him his passport back to go on holidays. Guilty, but shur have a holiday first. Amazing… Just freaking amazing…!!!
Ming Flanagan looks increasingly respectable as this Dail term goes on.
When are Donnelly and Ross going to found a party and bring some small bit of respectability to Irish politics.
75% of the Judges, senior guards and DPP people have been put in place by FF over the last 30 years. He’ll have more friends in the legal system than at his own wedding. Give it a short time and he’ll be in an open prison, and most of it will be suspended for good behaviour. FF will be burning the phone lines to sort things out for their buddy. They know if they don’t look after their people that are going through the courts that they might start talking and burst the org. wide open.
Look at the last few months alone, 2 ex MEP’s in court, 2 ex-Ministers arrested by the fraud squad, countless cllrs in the dock. Several of the leading figures, including party leaders condemned as corrupt.
If people starter talking, it would start an avalanche of trials that would end up with most of the leading members of FF on trial from the last 30 years.
Sad, that a doctor who is the Minister for Health has done nothing as yet, really, to change anything for the better, for the good of the Irish people, patients, waiting lists, trollys in halls, old people, dying, having to sit (if there is one) on a hard chair for hours on end in an A&E. I know what I’m talking about.
Their world and ours. Nothing has changed, nothing will change. Power is a terrible thing. I wonder can he look at himself at the end of every day and say “I’m doing my best for the people of Ireland, because they deserve better”?
What is sickening about this is that Minister for Health was investing in a Private Nursing Home while he should be concentrating on sorting out the health service for all citizens of the state. Our sick and aged are dying on hospital trollies meanwhile Dr James Reilly was trying to make a buck. Fine Gael make me sick. They are Stepford politicians devoid of empathy.
I wonder if his colleague Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has snatched Mrs Reilly’s engagement rings and inherited jewelry? Not a chance.
No Reada, apparently Shatter only wants to take Jewellery from those that owe the least. Please, can someone from FFg/Labour refute this, if i am inaccurate in my statement.
No decent member of FFg/Labour worth their salt will owe anything less than 20,000.
Phil Hogan 900,000 (interest only mortgage from his good friend fingers fingeleton, the same Fingleton who almost single handedly bankrupt this country).
Have to pull you up on some very simplistic but populist statements there Reada, I think if you took the trouble to look you would see that the original transaction that has given rise to the judgement was entered into before he became minister and it won’t be his “buddy” Alan Shatter or any law that he might be about to enact who will be taking any jewelry from him but those who have obtained the judgement who may seek to ” enforce” the judgement and sending in the sherrif to obtain goods to the value of the debt. This law already exists
Having said all that as I posted previously in the various treads about Joe And Clares expenses our none of our public reps are great at meeting probity tests so apart from some hot air it will be business as usual!
Sean, before Fine Gael won the election, which let’s face it was a one man race in this our conservative yet beloved Ireland, Dr James Reilly was the Fine Gael spokesperson on Health. Is that close enough?
And I only ever write my true feelings on this website. if they’re considered populist then I’m glad that most of the population agree with me. Populist isn’t a dirty word you know :-)
Reilly
Resign Now . Your conduct is indefensible ! Get out get out get out . It is amazing the usual government defender brigade are no where to be seen this evening. Two faced CRAW THUMPERS !
Useless minister. Pathetic performance since taking office. Disgraceful carry on. Embarrassment to the nation. Resign, resign, resign.
They have been out of power for so long that they are just trying to feather their nests because they know they wont be in power after the next election. Every day I lose more and more hope that this country can recover under this shower of crooks. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask…..
Irish Gangsters every single one of them! Except they use a pen to destroy lives and cheat and swindle
another leech caught, he should resign and no pension, prison for all the thieves,,,, they really need to clean up house and start with bankers, and stop payoffs and pensions to anyone caught thieving, we struggle to pay mortgages, keep food on our tables and lights on in our homes and they just keep spending and stealing, if what they stole was given back to our garda, teachers and nurses, this country would not be half as bad, they stay in 600 euro a nite hotel, i go to wedding and go to second hand shop for a new old dress, they hire in someone for 500 thousand to do a job, offer that job for 100 thousand aload of people need work in every field, recession is world wide, but nope they just keep spending and taking, leeches is all they are bleeding us dry, but they learn from the top, how many people has enda ever hired,, answer none, he got check from government for teacher salary, from eec for farm supplements, what does he know about hiring, paying taxes for employees, we do need business people in politics but not back door party people, as the dragon tried, we need change and really bad
Jackie…take a big BIG breath and start again!
Mark, no need to put the Fine Gael logo beside your name. It’s obvious you are incapable of feeling any empathy for Jackie.
I don’t care if James Reilly has had financial difficulties – we all have. What is disgusting about this case is that he, as the Health Minister has an obvious conflict of interest. Let’s be honest, James Reilly is more interested in providing health care for those willing to pay through the nose for it than those replying on a decent public health system. Capitalist Fine Gael!
Jackie
You are perfectly right in what you say . Do not allow anyone tell you otherwise .
This shower of two faced craw thumpers are a disgrace . They suffer no shame because they share no empathy with ordinary decent people .
I would like to hear from David Higgns, his unbiased opinions are always intriguing…
He should resign with immediate effect
Why…what has he done that is illegal , immoral , unethical or in breach of Dail rules?
Ah Mark he is a senior minister in the government, the deputy leader of FG who has failed to comply with a court directive. In most countries that would be a good enough reason to resign.
Kerry the sad thing is a you said “most countries” just not this one though.
According to Nine o clock news, the first Reilly knew of the judgement being registered against him was when he arrived in Cyprus.
Now I ask, what chance do the Irish people who suffer illness have for support, care and treatment when the health minister doesn’t even know what is going on in his own life?
even I read about the judgement a number of months ago, thats a ‘the dog ate my homework’ excuse! Pathetic!!
That would be RTE the neutrel state broadcaster.Did they mention this listed in the commerical court in Feburary.I’m still waiting to hear mention of Mr Hogan’s 900 grand interest only loan off Mr Fingleton and i wonder is it non recourse?
ffg/lab: a bunch of no marks, with with arrogance and ego’s as big as zeppelins. reilly wont resign, enda will keep hiding and noonan et al will keep telling porkies. vote with your feet next general election. get them out. considering the job they are doing they all deserve minimum wage!
Who cares if he’s on a ‘tax defaulters list’. Only idiots pay tax to bailout ponzi banks and their bondholders.
Don’t think it was a tax defaulters list, rather a high court judgement to another group of business people that has not been paid yet so they basically went back to court to register the lack of payment and Stubbs routinely publishes a list of registered non payments from the courts
highly unlikely
Meh!!!
Now Jackie…are you OK?
he is another minister telling lies and will be caught out soon
The tax defaulters list is insignificant. He is 100% right not to pay tax to the German Banks. At the end of the day, most of our tax will be going into the pockets of Bondholders.
I wonder if anyone wants to wait and see what the man has to say tomorrow in the Dail. I wonder if anyone would like to suspend judgement until he is home and gives us his views. In examining the majority of postings on this subject I can only conclude that there are some seriously toxic people lurking in the shadow of nom de plumes to attack in packs. Do we live in a Society where there is no balance or is this what we have to look forward to as an alternative political force.
Court order made in April in July the current minister of health is declared a defaulter. To be honest Mark I’ve no interest in what he has to say. I’m looking forward to the next time Phil Hogan starts threatening those who haven’t signed up to the household tax. He’ll say it’s the law and I’ll say it’s alright Phil I’m following Dr. James path. Senior Minister of the Government and the deputy head of FG has said ignore court orders. Lesson learnt.
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