He won’t resign. He’ll stay on the Dáil opposition backbenches along with Michael Lowry, who should have resigned long ago, and maybe he’ll tone down the pink shirts to be less conspicuous.

Its the usual thing, the Irish politician sticking his two fingers up at the tax payer.
The next thing that comes out of him (I am the victim) a classic one, a delusion they all suffer from.
Time and time again, the politicians show their disrespect for the public.
If he had an ounce of decency he would resign as his not fit to be in office.

Resign?? He should be arrested. He broke the law

If he is made bankrupt he will have to resign-why have his banks or the Revenue Commission not done this already?

Mick Wallace to resign – Yes!
FF reps calling for it- No, you hypocrites!

So the logic is this: Fianna Fáil did wrong so Mick Wallace should get away with cheating home buyers out if VAT which he then trousered. Interesting. Utterly barmy. But interesting.

Because if they did they would have to acknowledge it as an irretrievable debt – and that would increase bank exposure and revenue right off which queers the figures. What I see repeated is the mix up between Mick Wallace the individual and Mick Wallace Director of a limited liability company. Company Law is hundreds of years old and not necessarily morally correct. The principle is that in bad times when all goes bust the individual is released of any liability as the company is seen as an entity in its own right. That’s so people don’t necessarily go hang themselves and can at least start up again – aware of where they went wrong previous. There isn’t a business person anywhere on the planet that hasn’t experience some failure before getting it right in the end. But our big problem here is the great wise ones on the hill have decided that all bank debt is now absorbed by sovereign states which blows in the face of the capitalist system – were things are allowed to fail under whats called constructive destruction. The exchequer would work on the principle that in not gaining revenue out of a company that’s gone to the wall is a calculated loss in comparison to what it has enjoyed in previous years which will often far out weigh – remember our bureaucrats create nothing only take.
Will the last one out of the Dail Chamber please turn off the lights – after George Lee tonight we can’t afford them left on

Pot kettle black?? Hilarious ff the traitors party??

Is it honourable to pay his staff(some well over paid at the time no doubt) while the rest of us bail out the government in PAYE?not in my bokk and agree with breaking the law comment

You don’t see any of them calling for Michael Lowry to resign?

i said it before that Irish people don’t know how or who to vote..for… they are lead like sheep and they vote for the muppet they are told to vote for… like voting for greedy rae in Kerry or crook lowery in tipp and not forgetting those celebrity tds that are completely useless ..

Nothing but a hypocrite! Bertie & Co. are still walking the streets, with their huge pensions.. Also, you’d find if it was Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore or any other Minister that was caught doing what Wallace did, they’d be given time to speak to The Dail. They’d also carry on in their positions, ignoring calls to resign, without a care in the world, looking forward to their huge pensions.

Barefaced hypocracy of fianna fail aside, can you censure a TD for something they did before they were first elected?

Sean o fearghaill has said he should resign. Is he himself guilty of something? If not then he has every right to call on his resignation. Yes there is something called guilt by association but that doesn’t mean a person is guilty of a particular crime. Should TD’s stay silent because they belong to one party that were guilty of wrongdoing?

FF, just go away please. I’d say they had a grand laugh when drafting this statement.

Fianna Fail should be banned from running for office for ten years.

While he’s at it maybe he could give the Gardai a ring about the 50k Pee Flynn collected but never passed on to the Party? just saying.
Sorry Declan, but I just can’t take FF seriously when it comes to financial irregularities by association or otherwise.

Judging by the number of likes/dislikes it seems to me that a lot of people have forgiven or forgotten what FF have done to this country. What is wrong with you people?!

There are a lot of older politicians very quiet. Are they also guilty of settling with revenue and defaulting? Maybe they have settled with Anglo and defaulted? Then again maybe they bought shares kin aib and defaulted on their loans to AIB but never paid – just offered them a guarentee instead in exchange.

Micheal Martin expelled from the Party all those condemned by the Mahon Tribunal & referred all cases to the Director of Public Presecutions for further comment (in stark contrast to FG, which has never dealt with Moriarty att all)
Martin also called on Lowry to resign after Mahon (in stark contrast to FG, which did not & gave him speaking rights to defend himself, while not giving Mick Wallace the same opportunity)

This call on Mick to resign is perfectly consistent with the Party line.

What Wallace did was wrong. But at the end of the day, I would rather have 5 wallaces in there, who fiddled the revenue in order to keep people employed and who has employed many people over the years than any kenny, Healy-Rae, Gilmore, rabbitte, Sherlock, Martin, callally, cowen, haughey, coughlan, lenihan, Flynn, roche, hogan, noonan, harney, ahern

fianna fails one to talk!

There’s a lot worse than Wallace in the government. Give the man a break. Instead of declaring a rip off tax, he decided to feed a few families instead. Fair enough he took a payrise and also fattened his sons pockets but be honest, who isnt guilty of being greedy at some stage during the course of our lives? The only reason he isnt allowed to speak is because he can point out the real criminals in Leinster house and they dont want that to happen in the public eye. In a way he was wrong doing what he did but also he was doing right by feeding his staff’s families instead of giving taxes to an already greedy and corrupt government.

if i had a business and i paid over 10 million in tax to a corrupt country lead by cronies i would of done the same thing. i don’t care what any of ye lick-holes say

Ah cop yourselves on you bloody muppets VAT is the crime, a complete rip off, fair play to you Mick, and all you gobshi…. whining about the law, these so called laws were written by the same FF/FG/LAB/GP bast**ds that sold us down the river.

And how many you ever done a nickser? I bet you did tell revenue about it now did you?

Typical sly, sneering, sneaky politicians all sticking the boot in when a man is down.

He should have paid revenue and possibly sent suppliers to the wall causing more unemployment ???

mick for taoiseach!!! fight the power. shine on you crazy diamond!

This guy has no respect for his … he should be shot