Results 4,201-4,220 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: I will leave it so. The next speakers will be Deputies Tóibín and Mathews.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: Perhaps Professor Honohan could send the information to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: Deputy Matthews, do not point a finger at me when I interrupt you. Does the Deputy wish to get a response from Professor Honohan, or is he just going to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: No; I am asking the Deputy a question. Is he going to use his time slot for giving his own statement or does he expect to get a reply from-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy's allocated five minutes are up. I am asking him if he wants a response from the Governor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: Thank you, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank Professor Honohan for his attendance during what has been a useful and informative meeting. The committee will go back into private session to deal with some correspondence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: The committee will consider mortgage insurance, MI, in an Irish context. In October, the Minister for Finance wrote to the committee requesting that it look at a possible role for mortgage insurance in the Irish housing market and its impact on various stakeholders. He asked the committee if it would consider the previous experience of mortgage insurance in Ireland, the models adopted and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: I will now outline the rules of the meeting in order to give everyone an opportunity to ask questions. The lead speakers of each group will have ten minutes and committee members and others and will have five minutes. The clerk and I will be keeping an eye on the clock. I will advise speakers when one minute remains on their speaking time to give them time to wrap up within their time...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: I apologise, but I must stop this session. We can pick up on these answers later. I call on Deputy Regina Doherty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: Does any other witness wish to comment on that issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: I apologise Mr. Mas, bit I will ask Mr. Rance to finish. As soon as he finishes his contribution, the sitting will be suspended for a vote in the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: We will suspend until after the vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: We are back in public session. As the other members have not yet returned, would Senator Barrett like to ask a few questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: Mr. Bennett?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: Could the Deputy get rid of his telephone as it is interrupting the proceedings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: They will have to work their way through them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: You are allowed to skip a few.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: We have the idea when we are in here that we are coming at this from the side of the mortgagee, the person who holds the mortgage, but they do not have that much to do with us. They may be beneficial but this is about the Government wanting stability in the market and we want to spread that risk and we do so between insurance operators and the banks and it just so happens that the person...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is 15%.