Results 11,241-11,260 of 36,274 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Who had the authority to issue papers on the board? Like, one of the divisions under you is the publications division, when you were chief economist, who had the authority to sanction research papers? Did it have ... was it the Governor or the board or could you do that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Property sector, property sector------
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The question is did you have the power to authorise research papers on commercial property, for example?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The research ... it would be researched, so you can't predetermine what the conclusion is----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----on a piece of research.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: No, the question is, sorry, sorry-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, just to ... just here ... the question is did you have the authority to commission the research? At that stage, you would have no idea what the conclusion would be, it's a piece of research.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. What ... can I ask you, I'll make a quote because Mr. Dan McLaughlin came before the committee and he said and I'll quote him: The other thing I would point out is the major losses in Irish banks were not in residential property, they were in commercial property ... in commercial property. Not many people, if I recall, wrote anything about commercial property, and that was what...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Can I finally make this point? You've been informing our committee and we thank you for that-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: This is the last question. You've been informing the committee - and we thank you for that - about the difficulties you had in trying to get your message out. You now inform us that you had the ability to commission papers on behalf of the Central Bank and you did not commission any paper in relation to commercial property, which, you agree, was the reason that caused the banks to collapse...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement a Youth Guarantee scheme in Darndale in Dublin 17, similar to that in Ballymun in Dublin 11 but where lone parents and those not on the live register can also benefit. [22835/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Drugs Seizures (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of illegal drugs destroyed by the Customs and Excise for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22711/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the development of new flood defensive measures for Donnycarney, Dublin, and the Coast Road at Clontarf, Dublin 3. [22832/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an ear, nose and throat appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal. [22732/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Contamination (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the lead pipes in St. Anne's in Raheny, Dublin 5 will be replaced. [22833/15]
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh agus fáilte roimh an tUasal O'Reilly. Can I ask you, in relation to, and it's been touched on already, in terms of the statutory objectives of the Financial Regulator, was the promotion of the financial services industry in Ireland ... can I ask how did the Financial Regulator's office reconcile the objective with its prudential role as regulator?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Was there a two ... two-track regulator system in place, one for the financial IFSC firms?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can you clarify the "a kind of a policy"? Was there a policy within the Financial Regulator, at the time, that sectoral limits were being abandoned as a result of the monoline firms within the Irish financial services centre?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, Mr. O'Reilly, I want your perspective. As Financial Regulator, from-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, just let me finish.