Results 2,001-2,020 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: That was all, that's where that ended. You didn't have to go ... did you go to the Financial Regulator, did you go to Government?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: You didn't need to.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: So did you think, in February-March 2008, did you think then that the trend could go anywhere other than downhill, or did you think, "Maybe things are going to recover by the end of 2008", or was it obvious then that they were on a downward trajectory?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: So you were managing it, you could see then-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: I'm sorry, what was the expression you said, managing the downside. I'm sorry, I'm just trying to-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Okay. So you were happy. So, when you, I'm assuming you are familiar with the Atlas report, and you'll know some of the observations that were made there at that time, in September 2008.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, sorry it's book AIB - C2C.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Are you familiar-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Okay, well, I wasn't proposing to throw everything at ... I was merely going to say that the group's criticised loans, including watch, vulnerable and impaired loans, are graded eight to ten. These are "loans which exhibit weaknesses, where payment is in jeopardy, or where there's objective evidence of impairment. In addition a portion of the group's criticised loans are included in grade...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: With the support of Government?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: But without that-----
- Seanad: Cultural Institutions: Motion (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister. Perhaps the Heritage Council might like to do a project in the basement of Leinster House at the banking inquiry because we seem to have been there for quite a while and we will be for quite a while ahead.As Senator Barrett rightly says, it is indeed a great pleasure to be in the light, to see the world outside and to celebrate all the activities in the Minister of...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Thanks, Chair.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: In 2009 the CIF was critical of the NAMA Bill, stating that it failed to provide adequate redress for borrowers. We now know, of course, as you do, about the extent of non-performing loans, about interest roll-up and paper collateral against borrowings. So what do you make of those things? And how has your view changed? Because you've said, of course, now you've a much better relationship.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: You have a relationship.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, but given what you know about the non-peforming loans and so on-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: So is it fair ... so are you saying that the CIF was shocked by the extent of non-performing loans and the interest roll-up?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Mr. Kelleher, in your tenure, what percentage roughly of the whole, sort of, property construction business people operating did the CIF represent? Did you represent 20% of the operators in the field or 90%? Just roughly, even.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Yes, that's ... that's all ... I'm just ... but ... but the public at large would ... would see the CIF as speaking for the industry, even though you didn't represent everybody?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (13 May 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: How close do you believe in your time, Mr. Kelleher, that the CIF and or its members ... how close were they to the Fianna Fáil party?