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

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of gardaí stationed in each county, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19507/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm recent reports from the National Association of General Practitioners that 32 rural communities currently have no general practitioner service; if he will provide a breakdown of the communities concerned, and their location; the steps taken by his Department to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19509/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19618/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has concluded a review into the funding mechanism of national health and disability organisations reliant on the scheme to support national organisations funding, as announced by his Department on 18 July 2014; the outcome of the review; the funding to be provided to the organisations in question; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of foreshore licences that have been granted by his Department in the past four years; the number of these that are commercial, private, or awaiting processing by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19504/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of each of the Bus Éireann routes that are proposed to be privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19508/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 548. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for relocation under the turf cutting compensation scheme that have been received by her Department; the number of these that have been processed; have been successful; have been unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19499/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte roimh an bheirt agaibh chuig an coiste fiosrúcháin. Can I ask you by asking you first of all, can you recall any issue which may have warranted a qualified report, which was discussed with the bank but did not feature in the management letter, the final year-end report?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So, is it the case or not that for the years PwC audited the bank, no issue arose during the audit that necessitated a qualified report?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: No such issues arose. Mr. Murphy, on page 10 of your opening statement, you referred to the practice note 19(1), and this can be answered by either of you, and you state and I quote: "...there may be circumstances where the auditor concludes that a matter does not give rise to a statutory duty to report but nevertheless feels that in the public interest it should be brought to the attention...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: There were cases?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: There were no cases?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So, to your knowledge, there were no cases when the auditor came across something on the book of the bank that, while within the rules, was, nevertheless, a cause of concern?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. The question that I am asking is not in relation to what you're required to report, which is in ... again, in your opening statement, you talk about the statutory duty to report, but you go on to say but "nevertheless feels that in the public interest it should be brought to the attention of the Financial Regulator," that it allows an auditor ... and I will read it again: "where the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Correct. So, again, back to my question, were there any cases where the auditor came across something on the books of the bank that, while within the rules were, nevertheless, a cause of concern for the auditor?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: No. So ... okay. So during the auditing process of Bank of Ireland, you have never identified any issue that was a cause of concern?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. How do you ... where is the tipping point in terms of such a concern that it was of the public interest?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. But it did go beyond the statutory requirement to report certain matters; it allowed you to report additional issues that you observed during the audits.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. When Brian Goggin, the former group chief executive of Bank of Ireland gave evidence before the committee, he said in relation to commercial property exposure, and I quote him: "€13 billion was in land and development and even again I think you'd need to look behind that, €5.4 billion of that €13 billion was in land bank. I think that is where the real problem...