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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: So, are you still of the view that you had a belief at that time - whatever time it was - that at a point in time that you were informed that Anglo Irish Bank was insolvent?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. And, Mr. Gormley?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte roimh an Taoiseach agus an Aire chuig an coiste fiosrúcháin. Mr. Kenny, can I start with you in relation to ... one of the key criticisms of Government policy during the years 2002 to 2007 which has a emerged during this inquiry, was the narrowing of the tax base and increasing dependence on transitional taxes. The Fine Gael...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Just bear with me one second because we are on time restriction here and this ... there's a specific question in relation to the Fine Gael manifesto of 2007 and the question is: the commitments that you were giving to cut tax, income tax, for all taxpayers and to keep capital gains tax down at the current levels.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: How ... would that not have eroded the tax base further? And what policies did your party have at that time to broaden the tax base - if any?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, Mr. Kenny, I -----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Can I just-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Can I just interrupt you .... we're four minutes into this question, I need an answer in terms of your policy commitments and there's two specific questions. It is, would the policy commitments of Fine Gael have further eroded the tax base? And what policies, if any, did Fine Gael-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----have to broaden the tax base to provide------
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----more stable revenues-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----for government?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Now, would you appreciate answering my question, which is the policy commitments and not the consistency of your policies, but the policy commitments and not the projections of the ESRI, but your policy commitments to reduce income tax for everybody and to keep tax levels at the current ... in terms of capital gains tax and corporation tax, would that not have eroded the tax base?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, I'm moving on. I'm still no wiser whether you believe that your commitments would have further eroded the tax base-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----and what policies that you had at that time to broaden the tax base. But time is of the essence. During your time in opposition, did you actively seek views and opinions from banks, property developers or their trade bodies in order to develop property strategy, Mr. Kenny? And how did you ensure that policies were developed in a way which balanced the needs of all stakeholders?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Well, outside of the policy-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Again, just coming back to the question again. The question was: did you actively seek the views and opinions of banks, property developers or other trade bodies? Is that a "Yes", just ... or a "No"?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Okay. Mr. Kenny, I'd like to explore the conversations you had with Matt Moran, the chief financial officer of Anglo Irish Bank, a senior figure in that bank. It was reported in the Sunday Independenton 21 July 2013 by journalists, Tom Lyons and Daniel McConnell-----