Results 3,461-3,480 of 4,414 for speaker:Sean Barrett
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: I think-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Yes. I know it was at a very late stage, at four months, I think, before the guarantee that Mr. Lenihan and you moved into that Department but, going from Mr. Cowen's evidence yesterday, he's impressed at this stage by the way countries like Canada regulate banks and didn't have the dreadful situation we had. Was there ... and it was a short period as well, but other witnesses have ......
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: The role of auditors in failing to see so much of what was going on in Irish banking, was that a concern of the Minister?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: The communications with the Minister from the Financial Regulator, how did they take place?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Presumably at the crisis stage they were pretty frequent?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: And the contacts between the banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, with the Minister, were they just in the immediate run up to the night of the guarantee or had they been on an ongoing basis?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Thank you very much. Thank you, Chairman.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Thank you. The reform or stricter auditing of banks, was that discussed in your hearing at that time?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Thank you very much. Thank you, Chairman.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: I express some concern about No. 4 on the Order Paper. I acknowledge that the Leader is less than enthusiastic about these motions in which we seek to curtail the time in which the President can consider legislation. This relates to low pay and I do not know what the urgency is. The President had a distinguished academic record in dealing with income distribution and poverty matters when...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Thank you, Chairman. And welcome, Mr. Farrell. Can I go back to your answers to Deputies Doherty and Phelan about your e-mail to Mr. Dermot McCarthy? Do you not feel at this stage it was irresponsible to send that kind of request without knowing what it would cost the Irish taxpayer?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Because, I have a quote from Germany: "Depfa is said to have been responsible for at least two thirds of the HRE losses, well over €200 billion." So, in fact, we would be investigating today €197 billion instead of the €64 billion which ... I mean, aren't you lucky that the secretary of the Department of the Taoiseach didn't accept your representation?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Well then, the downside is that the episode seriously damaged Irish credibility in Germany.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: Right, thank you. The ... You were on the financial services consultative industry panel. What work did that do?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: And did you know that there were so few people engaged in bank prudential regulation in the country?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: No, the question was about the number of people engaged in prudential regulation.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (15 Jul 2015)
Sean Barrett: No, prudential regulation is the question.