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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I note the number of meetings Mr. Spring attended last year was 24, while Dr. Somers attended 22. Of the four public interest directors who are former Ministers, Mr. Spring is in receipt of the highest Government pension. He is in receipt of €121,108 per annum. Last year, for example, his fees were €59,000. Excluding last year, he has received fees of €132,000 since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I think Mr. Spring's answer to whether he is worth the €1,000 per day fee on top of his pension, rings similar to Dr. Somers's answer - if he does not mind me saying so - when he was receiving more than €1 million in payment as chief executive of the NTMA. Dr. Somers may believe public servants should receive lavish pensions plus €1,000 per day to serve on the board of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: People have been in mortgage distress for a number of years. This has not happened today or last week. People are in serious mortgage distress. The Government has had to introduce far-reaching legislation, which is nevertheless flawed because it provides for a veto by banks. Dr. Somers can say the bank will act under the law and, of course, that is true because the law provides it with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It has not happened to date or only to the extent of €600,000. A director of the Central Bank made a widely reported comment to the effect that the banks are behaving like spoiled children and asked what they are waiting for. Does Dr. Somers agree with that in respect of the bank and its directors? What is the bank waiting for and why is it not dealing with the mortgage crisis?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I dispute Dr. Somers comments earlier about lending to small businesses. New lending stands at €600 million, not the €3.5 billion target which was supposed to be reached. I cannot go into that, however. Bank of Ireland paid out bonuses in breach of the State contract, which is a matter I put to the directors earlier. In the first nine months of 2010, during which year Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The Government introduced a super tax of 90% on bonuses. Did Mr. Spring raise with the Minister the prospect that €60 million would be paid out in bonuses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Did Mr. Spring raise this with the Minister? The Minister found out at a later stage and rushed legislation through to introduce a 90% tax on bonuses to bankers. Did Mr. Spring raise this with him?

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste mentioned earlier that a special Cabinet meeting will be held to deal with the unemployment crisis. More than 430,000 people are on the live register. On 29 September the Government announced the strategic investment fund. As part of that announcement it indicated that legislative change would be needed to allow for resources to be channelled from the National Pensions...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: On the first day of the new term-----

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: -----I asked a specific question in regard to promised legislation. The Bill sits at No. 84 on the schedule announced this week.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: When will the legislation be introduced? We can duck and dive all we want but this is required to give full effect to the strategic investment fund.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the programmes that will benefit from the €3.6 million increase in the Consular, Passport and Irish Abroad Services of his Department that are outlined in Budget 2013. [1674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 115 of 25 September 2012, if he will provide an assessment of the profit foregone in the National Asset Management Agency as a result of the proscription in section 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act 2009, blocking NAMA from selling assets to borrowers who are in default. [1548/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions 179, 180, 181 and 182 of 16 October 2012, if the National Asset Management Agency sells loans without placing such loans. on the open market [1549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions 179, 180, 181 and 182 of 16 October 2012, to confirm the original book value of loans sold by the National Asset Management Agency since his response [1550/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Fees (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 and 230 of 13 November 2012, if he will outline the approach by the National Asset Management Agency in assessing the recoverability of legal fees incurred in pursuit of certain loans and borrowers. [1551/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Investor Compensation Company Limited (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.46 of 12 December, 2012, and further to a report in a national newspaper (details supplied) which states in relation to Custom House Capital that the collapse of the entity will leave the State out of pocket by €15m, if he will reconfirm that the Investor Compensation Company Limited is entirely self-funding. [1552/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Contingent Capital Notes (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance following the announcement that negotiations to sell Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, if he will confirm the way he ensured that all potential buyers of the CCNs had equal access to all information required to make an investment decision. [1726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Contingent Capital Notes (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance following the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500 million to €1 billion of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes has concluded, if he will confirm if the sale had been discussed by the Board of Bank of Ireland; the date or dates on which it was discussed and if he had been lobbied or received requests...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Jan 2013)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total tax take as a percentage of GNP from 1992 to 2012. [1895/13]