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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: To what extent did Kennedy Wilson play a role in convincing others to invest in the bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I have a series of questions and it is pointless if I cannot get answers to them. As I understand it, Kennedy Wilson had already bought a servicing division of Bank of Ireland before its investment took place as part of the Wilbur Ross consortium. Is that accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: A former Bank of Ireland employee who had previously headed up that division was subsequently given a head of division role in Kennedy Wilson after the sale was made. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am not naming anybody but it is a matter of public interest because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: A Department of Finance official who had a specific role in securing the private investment was hired by Bank of Ireland afterwards. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: No, I am not mentioning a name.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am just trying to establish a sequence. My understanding is that the head of unit who had responsibility for overseeing private investment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: OK. The issue is whether Mr. Boucher sees any conflict of interest in hiring a senior official from the Department who played a pivotal role in selling taxpayers' investment in the bank. I think that is a pertinent question from point of view of-----

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak to the Finance Bill, but I have a sense that it is a futile process. It is extremely disappointing that, after more than three and half years into the lifetime of the Government, the promised changes to the budgetary process have still not been implemented. These were changes that the Minister for Finance and almost everyone in the Fine Gael...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenues that would accrue to the State if the higher rate of income tax was raised by 4%. [42689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Value for Money Reviews (6 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the existence of a report conducted on small rural schools recommending various options for a reduction in the number of one and two-teacher schools in rural areas; if she will publish the full findings of this report; the persons who conducted this report and when it was completed; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (6 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the existence of any or all recommendations internally or externally held in the Department prior to the establishment of Irish Water that stated the transfer of staff and the terms of employment of its staff and services should be at the discretion of the newly established company; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (6 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm when he or his Department officials became aware of the pay progression mechanism agreed between Ervia and trade unions last year for Irish Water; the date upon which this agreement was secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42671/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Irish Water Staff (6 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he or his Department officials became aware of the pay progression mechanism included agreed between Ervia and trade unions last year for Irish Water; the date upon which this agreement was secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42668/14]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: How long does the Taoiseach anticipate it will take for section 45 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 to be commenced? The European Commission must approve State aid and negotiations seem to be extremely protracted. The section will allow for the granting of CGT relief for entrepreneurs. The provision was lauded in the budget last year but it has not been introduced. Further measures were...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (11 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the fall-off of 300,000 Irish persons from the private health insurance scheme since 2008; his plans to examine the possibility of breaking up the VHI monopoly of the health insurance sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42786/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (11 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the issues raised by the chief medical officer in his report into the Portlaoise hospital babies scandal; if he will confirm that his position is consistent with his predecessor in his unambiguous commitment to the introduction of legislation to enforce mandatory reporting in such instances; when this legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (11 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will itemise, in tabular form, all voluntary and community based organisations in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 which have received community employment funding, or any other grant supports via her Department, or agencies under the aegis of her Department, from 2004 to 2014 inclusive. [43235/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (11 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of extending a 20% childcare tax relief to all working families in the State for each child from six months up to the point where they enter the primary school system. [43232/14]