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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. In relation to going concern, it was stated in the opening statement there that, in assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, that you take into account all available information about the future, which is at least, but not limited to, 12 months in advance. Can I ask you, Mr. Fitzpatrick, because you've mentioned a number of times the CSO residential property...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Well, the first ... the residential property that shows a drop statewide from 128.7% at the start of 2008 to 108.5% at the time you submitted your report is the CSO reference and Jones Lang LaSalle has their own property index which is on their website, which comments that there has been a decrease in commercial property in that year of 36.4%, in 2008. When you look at the CSO, also you...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, sorry, you had to be convinced as the auditor-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----that there was no issue of going concern because in the statement you say that the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry. In the statement you say that the ... it was the board of directors but the auditor has to be-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----convinced of ongoing concern.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The ... and I know I'm over time, but the core issue there was that commercial property had decreased by 40% in 2008 or, sorry, 36.4% in 2008 and was accelerating and residential property the same, yet the provision ... you didn't suggest additional provision in relation to that, even though you were supposed to. You talked about looking at the IMF and other bodies for data but this data was...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to provide medical cards in certain instances to patients who have undergone organ transplantation and who require varying levels of after-care following such procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19030/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to enable children with Down's syndrome to have their condition registered at birth; if consideration has been given to the benefit which this measure may yield, particularly for the future provision of resource teaching hours and educational support, for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19031/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the relatively small number of valid applications received by the National Council for Special Education for additional resource teaching hours for children with Down's syndrome for the 2015-2016 school year, her views on whether the condition should be added to the low incidence list, under a new resource teacher allocation model;...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of children in main stream education who have Down's syndrome; if she is aware of the implications for future resource provision, and forward planning within the education system, associated with the current absence of the condition on the low incidence list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19028/15]
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte roimh an bheirt agaibh chuig an coiste. Just ... you've mentioned to the Chairperson that you were satisfied with all of the relevant information that you were getting from ... in relation to risks and exposures. So that being the case, how would you explain the issues highlighted in the report ... in the Boston Consulting...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: But did it review the period that you were ... as governor of the bank?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: So you were familiar with all of the risks that ... that you were taking. So how do you stand over the fact that a report identified that there were these areas, these gaps?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I ask you, Mr. Burrows, how much time was allocated in the agenda of the board ... the board ... the court to the strategy and developing the business model and its ongoing monitoring and reviewing?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. Crowley, in 2002 the court approved the proposal to take over Abbey National. You were quoted in The Irish Timeson 26 October 2002 saying that it was, "A once in a lifetime deal''. Why was Bank of Ireland interested in taking over Abbey National at the time?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. And, Mr. Burrows, in 2005, in your opening statement you say when ... on your appointment as chairperson in 2005 ... the bank developed a new strategy and you go on to say that its "correct geographical footprint for Bank of Ireland was Ireland and the UK and these should be the areas of focus for growth and we also recognised that Bank of Ireland did not have a rating that would allow...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, and that was, as you say, in 2005. Was commercial property, landbank and residential property seen as, or not seen as, a way of compensating in terms of growth for the lack of opportunities in mergers and acquisitions?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Property. Mr. Burrows, were you concerned at the time of the guarantee at the end of September 2008, of the issue of bad debts, future bad debts and the issue of capital within your bank?