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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Eligibility to apply for transfer from one Government Department to another is regulated in accordance with arrangements agreed centrally with the Civil Service unions. These arrangements apply to the transfer of civil servants within the Civil Service. The staff of the Pensions Board are public servants and are therefore not eligible to apply for transfer to a Civil Service post under the...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I understand that a competition was held by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) to establish a Clerical Officer panel in Limerick & Tipperary which was advertised in July/August 2008 in anticipation of creating a panel from which future vacancies could be filled. The competition required candidates to undergo tests at the first stage of the selection process. These tests were held during...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The cost of extending to the video game industry a tax relief similar to the scheme for film relief operating under Section 481 would depend on the level of uptake by investors and the amounts invested. I am not therefore in a position to provide such an estimate. I have no plans to extend Section 481 to the video game industry.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The following is the information requested in relation to my Department and information supplied by the Offices under the aegis of my Department. This information does not include applications for transfers to decentralised locations through the Central Applications facility (CAF) for which the Public Appointments Service have central responsibility. Finance The information does not relate to...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: We have to listen to the regulator as well. It is a difficult balance.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Perhaps Senator White will not relax when she hears what he has to say later.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There is not a hope at this point.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senators for the constructive manner in which they have approached this legislation and for the many kind comments they made about me. Senator Donohoe led the comments on the Bill for the Opposition and made a number of pertinent points. He was concerned about the position of the Secretary General of the Department of Finance and whether that person should be on the board of the...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I decided to appoint a commercial solicitor of considerable experience who is a former Member of this House. On the question of NAMA-----

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Senator Ross asked a question about the publication by NAMA this afternoon of a number of documents, including its business plan. The original draft business plan was prepared by the interim NAMA executive, at the request of the Opposition parties in the course of a Dáil debate. That plan clearly rested on assumptions and information provided by the financial institutions at that stage....

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In a small country like Ireland, there is a clear need to relate the stability function of the Central Bank in a clear and transparent way to the regulatory function of the regulatory system itself. We will have a unified board over which the Governor will preside, and to which the head of central banking and the head of financial regulation will be accountable in their own distinctive...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senators for their attention.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Senator White moved this amendment on his own behalf and that of Senators McCarthy, Ryan, Prendergast, Bacik and Hannigan. This issue was discussed in the other House. There are good reasons for the exclusion of the Central Bank from the freedom of information legislation. First, there is the sensitivity of the information it holds; second, the independent position of the bank under the...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am not sure whether this amendment arises from the Bill but that is not for me to say. The terms of reference for the statutory commission will be before the Seanad either this or the following week and at that stage Senators will have an opportunity to discuss the operation of the statutory commission. The Government proposal is that the terms of reference will relate to the management...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Central Bank Reform Bill 2010 is the latest part of our legislative response to this most serious economic and financial crisis in which regulatory failures played no small part. There are indications that the economy may be over the worst and the latest data provide grounds for optimism about our short-term economic prospects. As the international recovery gains momentum, we should see...

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That was last March. That report is inaccurate, but I do not fault the Senator for that in any way. That was a letter written by the Commission in March. There is no question of any problem. A new plan was submitted at the end of May and the Commission is quite supportive of it. It is not the Senator's fault if he read a report that is not fully accurate.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: He is a former Member of this House.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It has been well covered.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: And it will not.

Seanad: Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 Jul 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is still the case today.