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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Is there a performance bonus at the end of the year?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I shall now bring matters to a conclusion. Is there any further information that Ms Hunt would like to put before the committee? This might include examples of good practice here in Ireland or international ones that could be developed here. The committee’s work is as much about looking into the future and coming up with recommendations as it is about examining the past.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Cross-collateralisation and personal guarantees.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (2 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much, Ms Hunt. I thank you for your participation with the inquiry today. It has added informative and valuable information to our meeting and has added to our understanding of the factors leading to the crisis in Ireland. I would also like to note that today is the last of the Context Phase hearings, the objective of which were to frame the broad context for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a family income supplement payment amount will be reviewed in the event that a person in receipt of the one-parent family payment transfers to the back-to-work family dividend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14597/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: 709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any grant and-or scholarship is available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford seeking to study in America as part of a degree course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14333/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether income tax is calculated on the full amount, inclusive of universal social charge, even though the universal social charge is deducted; his views on whether this is double taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (21 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal scheme high care dementia bed places in the greater Cork city region; the present availability of such beds; his plans to increase the number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15635/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: As we have a quorum, the Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis is now in public session, and we will commence session 1 this morning with a public hearing with Mr. Frank Daly and Mr. Brendan McDonagh of NAMA. Doing so, I would like to welcome everyone to the 19th public hearing of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis. As these committees proceed, the cold shadow of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much. If I can commence proceedings by asking Mr. Daly and Mr. McDonagh to make their opening remarks. I believe Mr. Daly you are first, or Mr. McDonagh, whichever, you can choose.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Certainly.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much, Mr. McDonagh. I call Mr. Daly.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: My constituency Mr. Chairperson, so you are okay, fire away.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you, Mr. Daly. Thank you, Mr. McDonagh. I know that the proceedings are scheduled to run until close to 6 p.m. today, so members will have a number of opportunities to come in. I am very conscious, though, that we need to manage this both in terms of breaks and getting through our programme as well. We have four lead questioners this morning. Just before I bring in our first lead,...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Would that have been the exception or the norm, or the main practice?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Common practice, okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: And, Mr. ----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: And we may come back to cross-lending around the projects later in the day. Can you just explain briefly, just in layman's terms because the general public will be looking in at these proceedings, as to how a bank would go about valuing its assets and loan book and so forth in terms of how projected losses or profits might be incurred, and how NAMA went about its valuation of those assets...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Try to bring this down to layman's terms, I think would be ...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Apr 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Earlier testimony that we had before this inquiry, and I just want to concur if that testimony stands up, that the banks would take a projected examination on these loans and their assets based upon what was happening retrospectively. So if there was a slight decline they would margin in that decline to continue adding some sort of aggregated or average into the future where ... in ... when...