Results 5,181-5,200 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Did it not cross the Minister's mind to sack the board of the Financial Regulator given its absolutely abject failure to deal properly with the regulation of Irish banks in that there has been a series of disastrous failures in Anglo Irish Bank, which in turn has impacted on the rest of the banking system? Does the Minister believe the board of the Financial Regulator and former regulator...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Does the Minister have an estimate of how much the taxpayer will have to put in to the two counterparty institutions, namely, Irish Life & Permanent and the Irish Nationwide Building Society, in order to prop them up? Did it never cross the Minister's mind to sack the board of the regulator, given that those people who are industry insiders â I do not know if there are any outsiders â all...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Then can the Minister explainââ
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Then they must have been asleep on the job. Did it not cross the Minister's mind to sack the lot of them? Will he also outline the amounts involved in rescuing the counterparty banks?
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: What about golf?
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: I asked the Minister about the Irish Nationwide Building Society.
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: I askedââ
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: ââspecifically about the Irish Nationwide Building Society.
- Fiscal Policy. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister said the cost of servicing the national debt is estimated at â¬4.5 billion, which is almost 100% more than in 2008, when it cost â¬2.4 billion. In reply to an earlier question, the Minister suggested the taxpayer had not to pay anything to bail out the banks. However, he also said one of the reasons for the significant increase in the cost of servicing the national debt was...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister spoke about the moneys received to date being lodged with the Central Bank and also indicated that one of the banks may be in arrears. From the figures he gave, it appears that he is still due approximately â¬25 million on one of the quarterly payments. What does the Minister intend to do with this money? We have a situation in the public finances particularly regarding...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: When Deputy Brian Lenihan became Minister for Finance, who told him about the difficulties arising from the overhang of the Quinn shares? The Taoiseach said earlier this week that the Minister was advised after he became Minister. Was the advice given by the regulator, the Central Bank, his departmental officials or someone else? If it was not the regulator or a message conveyed from the...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister will recall I wrote to him before Christmas enclosing a copy of a letter I wrote to the regulator outlining the extent of my dissatisfaction with the regulator following my meeting with him.
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister will recall I spoke to him in confidence about my concerns rather than speaking in the House because I was very concerned. I received a gobbledegook reply from the regulator but I had quite a long meeting with the regulator and his top staff. The regulator was fully aware of these situations. Was the source of the Minister's information from the regulator or from the Central...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: This was â¬30 millionââ
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: I wish to ask a brief supplementary question.
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: According to the regulator, the PricewaterhouseCoopers study and its various drafts were to drill deep into the balance sheets of the covered institutions. The loans total â¬300 million at â¬30 million per head among the ten individuals. Even for Anglo Irish Bank, this is a significant loan exposure in terms of individuals. How is it possible that the loans were not listed for...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Why not? It is what the report was about.
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Are they nominees of secret, hidden accounts?
- Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister signed off on the report in July.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: That was a long time ago.