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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: How much did Mr. Boucher know about the prospective new governor when his name was submitted to the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: This is important because the appointee is, I believe, on €400,000 per year. Was Mr. Boucher aware of his record in Lloyds TSB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher aware that he was the insurance director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher aware that he was insurance director during the biggest scandal pertaining to payment protection insurance that has ever arisen in the United Kingdom?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher aware that there was a huge scandal pertaining to payment protection insurance while the individual was in charge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was that disclosure made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher aware of the insurance mis-selling scandal that was breaking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher aware of it? I know about Lloyds Bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher aware of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Was Mr. Boucher happy to appoint someone who had been accountable when mis-selling was occurring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: I am not inferring anything; it is on the public record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: It is on the public record. Lloyds stated that accountability was important. When making the appointment, was Mr. Boucher aware that the individual's bonus was reduced as a result of what had occurred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Mr. Boucher, therefore, was happy to appoint someone who lost a bonus in a bank, which, as Mr. Boucher will know, is very difficult to do. I refer to the appointment, as governor of Bank of Ireland, of an individual who lost a bonus at the time of an emerging mis-selling scandal. Today, it has been revealed that the payment protection insurance bill of Lloyds has ballooned to €5.3...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Yet Bank of Ireland still appointed the person as governor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Is Mr. Boucher happy that Bank of Ireland has a governor who is fit for office in the circumstances that obtain?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: What is the current position of Bank of Ireland on payment protection insurance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: Has there been mis-selling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: What is Mr. Boucher's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: It is widely expected that a massive amount of mis-selling of payment protection insurance in Ireland, including by Bank of Ireland, will be revealed. What is Mr. Boucher's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Shane Ross: It is absolutely extraordinary that Bank of Ireland should appoint as a governor somebody who had lost his bonus in Lloyds in a payment protection insurance scandal. There are now circumstances in which the bank is investigating itself in respect of payment protection insurance. The board made its appointment in the full awareness that the individual concerned, while not necessarily...