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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: We will write to the Department and the HSE in respect of the matter. On the letter from Brendan Moore on the Irish Greyhound Board, in which he sets out different issues, we should send that letter to the board as well and ask it for its views on the issues that have been raised by Mr. Moore. We have agreed a letter to the HSE in respect of Deputy Deasy's remarks. In terms of the wards...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: The report would have gone to the various-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: -----bodies. Now it is coming back through the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to us. The issue now is to ask that the report be given to us as quickly as possible. We will write again to ask where the report lies at present and set a deadline for next Thursday so we can have it at our meeting. There is just one other matter with the HSE. It received a letter in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: Yes. So our business for 10 December will be the 2014 financial statements of Cork Institute of Technology and the 2013 financial statements of Waterford Institute of Technology. We will now deal with today's business. I ask that the witnesses be brought in.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: Today we are dealing with the 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts: Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance; chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014; chapter 2 - Government Debt; chapter 3 - Cost of bank stabilisation measures as at the end of 2014; and Finance accounts 2014. Before we begin, I ask members, witnesses and those in the public Gallery to please turn off...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: Our guests are all very welcome.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: He wants to promote him. I call Mr. McCarthy to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy. We will we now have Mr. Moran's opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: Thank you, Mr. Moran. May we publish your statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: I ask Deputy Ross to conclude.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: In regard to the banks, how are they managed in terms of the interaction between the Department and, say, AIB, which is generally owned by the State?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: How does it work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: What banks are we talking about here?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: What about banks outside of that? Ulster Bank is not in-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: Has Ms Nolan a view on how, say, the likes of Ulster Bank sell on their loans? I will not give her a specific example but I am referring to, say, a transaction between Ulster Bank and Cerberus and the loans within that which are called in. This has a direct effect on the performance and ownership of some small and medium-sized enterprises; they are treated particularly harshly. In order...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: What about commercial loans and SMEs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: It is particularly aggressive in some cases. I appreciate that it is a difficult part of the market and banks have to try to get their money back but where they are not giving breathing space to SMEs when legitimate attempts are being made to sort out their financial difficulties, that is causing serious problems for them because they cannot get over this aggressive approach and they cannot...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: The general complaint that I and others receive is that taxpayers' money totalling in excess of €60 billion went into the banks. They were bailed out with this money and when it comes to giving breathing space to some SMEs, no one seems to stand up for them. The other issues relates to the lending by banks to them. I receive complaints from all over the country regarding the attitude...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: I have a similar question then to Deputy O'Donovan. What steps have been taken in policy and in the governance of the country to ensure there is not a construction collapse? Similarly, what steps have been taken to ensure the banks do not get out of hand again because all the indicators are that, as they get back on their feet, they are as cheeky as ever?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2014
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2014
Finance Accounts 2014 (3 Dec 2015)

John McGuinness: Are staff getting bonuses?