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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: If the Minister has it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: I presume broadband provision is included in the knowledge and digital economy mix.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will revert to the situation in Greece, but what is the Minister's overview of how the issue will be progressed in the European set-up? The Minister will attend the Eurogroup meeting tomorrow and there is to be an ECOFIN meeting on Wednesday, 17 February. When decisions in Europe are made, how does he anticipate that they will deal with the issue? Where will the forks in the road be and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: There will be a preliminary meeting before the Finance Ministers meet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister anticipate the Greek Finance Minister tabling a formal proposal to the group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there a consensus in Europe? The Minister probably touched on this issue. Where will a consensus crystallise on the situation in Greece? Are there issues on which all of the member states involved will have a common viewpoint?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister believe it might have been for the home as distinct from the European audience?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Minister optimistic a solution will be found?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the basis of the growing pessimism?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Must a solution be found in the face of the Greek crisis? The Minister spoke about wishing for Greece to remain within the eurozone. Where will the platform be found?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: ECOFIN Briefings: Minister for Finance (10 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister anticipate that some outcome will have been reached by next Tuesday, after four meetings between Eurogroup Finance Ministers and Heads of State?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Professor Black. I will just go back. He wrote a blog on 13 November 2013: "Irish fish, and banks, rot from the head". I want to give him a quote. He said: "The Irish people are distinct, however, in blaming themselves for the crisis." Can he elaborate on that? What does he mean?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am assuming-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: I assume it is as an economist rather than as a comedian.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: When Professor Black says "blame themselves", what does he mean?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: As an objective observer from outside these shores, what is Professor Black's view as to the view that the Irish people should-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: It does raise an important question.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Buyer beware.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: Professor Black made a comment that the Irish crisis could have been prevented. How could it have been prevented?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: The former Anglo Irish Bank, one of our banks, grew by nearly 30% per annum over an eight-year period.