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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: How much?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, I want to focus on unenforceable securities. You'd be aware in terms of the NAMA test ... NAMA testimony and what's transcribed from the transfer of known loans to NAMA, hat there were €811 million of loans that were transferred to NAMA across the financial institutions that had unenforceable securities. From AIB's point of view, it made up €164.6 million and that was...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Can I just push you on that there, in terms of your reason list. You believed it was reasonable in that case. NAMA paid AIB €9 billion for loans. €164.6 billion was unenforceable or they had a deduction-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Well it's in the... it's in the NAMA documents. NAMA C4b, page 6 and it's also in the NAMA document, C4b, page 4. And it gives a breakdown of AIB. It gives a breakdown of AIB-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: NAMA, for AIB, NAMA applied a deduction of €85 million, when the transfer happened, and afterwards they subsequently found out that €79.6 million additional loans were unenforceable as well. So of the €9 million that were transferred to NAMA, the fact that... €9 billion sorry. The fact that €164 million was unenforceable, that ... is that not a very large...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The fact in 2008 your audited accounts showed AIB as a going concern. At that time, were you aware of quite significant falls in commercial prices, and also in domestic housing prices? And where did you see that it was going to end?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: In relation to the concerns you had in relation to going concern; you say that you got assurances from, I think, the general secretary of the Department of Finance in relation to additional recapitalisation above the €3.5 billion that was pledged. Can you outline to the committee what ... the nature of that assurance? Was it verbal? The quantity of that assurance - was it an...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Was it limited?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Maybe one reason you couldn't get the assurance, you say a Minister was not available in 2010 but there was an election in February 2011, which I presume is when you were preparing your accounts. But was there nobody in the Department that you could meet to give you similar assurances?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applicants who have applied for farm assistance payments over the past ten years who have been successful and unsuccessful each year; the number who have appealed; the average waiting time for payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19500/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the individual measures which constitute the value added tax policy gap; and if he will provide the potential revenue foregone as a result of each measure. [19189/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the change solely in non-tax revenues; and the principal contributors, in millions of euro, from the various heads to that change in non-tax revenues. [19312/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the change in the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the change solely in voted expenditure; and the principal contributors, in millions of euro, from the various items of voted expenditure to that change in voted expenditure. [19313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the change in the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the change solely in non-voted expenditure; and the principal contributors, in millions of euro, from the various items of non-voted expenditure to that change in non-voted expenditure....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimate of the effect of all tax changes since the current Government came to office, in millions of euro, to the change in the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 and the total change in tax revenues during that period. [19315/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Services (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation he or the Central Bank of Ireland have engaged in with the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the proposal for a multi-debt initiative to be facilitated by StepChange. [19559/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's estimate of the effect of all announced changes to voted expenditure since the current Government came to office, on the change, in millions of euro, to the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015, compared to the same period in 2011. [19316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Data (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to publish details of the single payments received by farmers; if so, the date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19501/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting processing in his Department; the number waiting for more than 12 months; the number of licences granted by his Department in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19502/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of Garda stations that have closed over the past six years; the location of each Garda station; the number of gardaí stationed in each station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19506/15]