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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Will there be a vote at the executive council on this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I am not on that committee, so that is why I am talking about it. I am sure my colleagues here, who are on the committee, would not be able to discuss it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Would there not be a vote of the governing council as to whether they should attend?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Will Professor Honohan table a motion before the governing council or do whatever is necessary to start the ball rolling?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Yes, perhaps we should. There was a great deal going on at that time. Professor Honohan-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: -----telephoned "Morning Ireland" on the morning in question from Frankfurt. He was over there, as part of his role, representing the country. However, he had another role and a separate commitment to the European Central Bank. On the day following the "Morning Ireland" interview, it was widely perceived that we had entered a bailout and that everything was sorted. We were grateful to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Professor Honohan has said a number of different things. He first stated that his colleagues were not minded to attend the inquiry. Then he stated that he did not really know the position. How does he know that they are not minded to attend? Have they informed him that they are not going to come to Dublin and that he can forget about it? Has a discussion-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: More or less like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: They stated that they could not be bothered coming to the inquiry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: They are not minded to come. I would certainly urge Professor Honohan to approach his colleagues and ask them to attend. We want to know what happened. Apart from our own problems, we seem to have been part of a geopolitical event.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I have no doubt that we will find out everything possible from the Professor Honohan and the Central Bank of Ireland. The committee has powers to obtain the necessary information. However, I am concerned about the European Central Bank - Professor Honohan is a member of its governing council - and what it was doing at the time of the bailout. Is Professor Honohan not of the view that he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Professor Honohan said there were no discussions-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Why was it necessary for Professor Honohan to go on "Morning Ireland" on the day before Trichet threatened us with the removal of funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: However, Professor Honohan was in Frankfurt.
- Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl don Aire Stáit as teacht go dtí an Teach arís agus as an obair chuiditheach atá ar siúl aige. The Minister is doing constructive work here on flooding. The OPW has always been a very constructive organisation and seems to operate well. Thinking back to former Ministers of State who have had responsibility for it,...
- Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Was there any arterial drainage scheme there in the past?
- Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: We are grateful officials came to the town so quickly after the floods there.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Respite Care Services (27 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíoch leis an Aire as ucht teacht isteach sa Seanad inniu chun an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé. I and my colleague, Councillor Damien O'Reilly, have been contacted by constituents in Dunboyne, County Meath, who have a family member who regularly avails of respite services. This gives the family respite from their duties of constant care and attention. The...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Respite Care Services (27 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The position is clear.