Results 8,841-8,860 of 26,050 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: That's your view.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: And looking back everything that we know now in hindsight, do you still believe that it was solvent on the night of the guarantee?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can I ask, prior to the night of the guarantee, in the period from when you came back from 15 September, what was your interaction with Government, Department of Finance officials, the regulator, consultants and other Government officials over that period?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: What was the subject of the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can I go to Vol. 1, page 212, and it's specifically, it's a memo ... it's an e-mail from the Department of ... from the Central Bank to the Department of Finance, and it states, "Following our telephone conversation, the following are the points (in very rough form) the Governor would like to make if asked about a Special Resolution Regime." That's dated 9 July 2008. Was a special...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: So you didn't proceed with the special resolution.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: If it was there on the night of the guarantee, would you have made ... would you advise differently in respect of how to deal with Anglo?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: And why was the special resolution mechanism legislation ... why wasn't it proceeded with? You were in July '08, clearly there was a crisis in ... on the horizon. Why wasn't it proceeded with? Why weren't those legal difficulties overcome, Mr. Hurley?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: With hindsight should it have been put in place?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry, yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Hurley, if it was there on the night it would've offered other options.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Well if it's based on their advice.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay, can I just, two very quick questions? Thanks, Chairman.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: First thing, asking you, why, Mr. Hurley, did you not consider providing ELA funding for Anglo over a couple of days' period and going to the ECB to discuss a pan-European solution to the banking crisis?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: And the final----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: And finally, you said in your ... in your presentation that if the guarantee was not put in place "we would have come down", and I quote. They are your words earlier. What do you mean? What ... how ... what would have unfolded over the following day and weeks?
- Topical Issue Debate: Education and Training Provision (26 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the chance to raise this very important issue. It involves East Limerick Centre for Further Education and Training in Cappamore in County Limerick, an area I represent as a Deputy. The Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board recently informed the college that it is seeking to cease offering 83 post-leaving certificate, PLC, places for students for the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Education and Training Provision (26 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for State for taking this debate. I have also raised the matter with the Minister for Education and Skills. I have a number of points to make. The 83 PLC places were allocated within a rural remit, not an urban remit. I know that if these 83 PLC places are transferred to a city setting, many students will not be able to avail of PLC places and may not be able to go on...
- Topical Issue Debate: Education and Training Provision (26 May 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a matter of striking the right balance.