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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It's a document from the PAC but it's a public ... the question I'm putting to him is-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, are you familiar with the incentivisation proposal that NAMA has?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, the reason I asked this question, without ... and I'm not asking you to breach your ... the confidential agreement - and nobody would expect you to do that - with NAMA, but your statement that everything will be paid back that you borrowed, the question that may arise is, if this incentivsation clause is within your contract, then you would actually receive 10% of that money that is...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. On page 8 of your statement you contrast the professional business model of Ballymore with that of the 1,000 or so new entrants many of whom, you say, on page 22 of your statement, "had little or no experience in property development". How significant a part did these new entrants play in the creation of the property bubble, in your view?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, and from what you observed, what were the critical difference between the business model of these new entrants - whatever number they were - and your own company, Ballymore? And if you can refer to risk assessment in your response, I would appreciate that.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask you a final question? Mr. Mulryan, if the Government didn't guarantee Anglo Irish Bank and didn't establish NAMA ... if Anglo Irish Bank folded, given the level of exposure that you had to Anglo Irish Bank, where would you be today?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: You mention in your-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The reason I ask is, you mentioned in your statement that NAMA bought you time, bought your company time, and that was required. There are many people that are maybe watching this that didn't have a vehicle to buy time. Many people's houses have been repossessed and they've never had the opportunity that others may have had. But if that time wasn't bought for you or for your company, the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----your loans would obviously be in default and would be called upon-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue to the Exchequer from applying caps of €800,000; €900,000; and €1 million, to principal private residence capital gains tax relief. [29619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of members of An Garda Síochána who are permanently stationed along the Border corridor in County Donegal, in tabular form and by station, including stations located in the Border towns of Bundoran; Burnfoot; Carrigans; Castlefinn; Convoy; Lifford; Muff; Newtowncunningham; Pettigo; and Raphoe; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers employed full-time at primary and at secondary level in county Donegal, in tabular form, for the years 2007 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30372/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 778. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the current status of proposed new guidelines on wind energy; if he will provide an expected time frame as to when such regulations will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 855. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of funding allocated by Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland to projects in County Donegal for the years 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30373/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Grants (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 872. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of funding allocated by the Arts Council to projects in County Donegal for 2013 and 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30374/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. Can I ask you were there any risks to the State if the Government materially changed the Government's decision or chose a different policy option during the period necessary to draft the legislation and the scheme?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Do you know if any financial institutions had concern or sought reassurance before signing up to the scheme on the ... I think on 24 October?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And in relation to ... you mention in your statement, on page 4 and page 5, that on 29 October the Minister, by statutory instrument, specified the banks covered by the guarantee scheme. You go back then on 20 October, the guarantee scheme was introduced by way of statutory instrument and three days before that the guarantee scheme was approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas, and prior to...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. So just to clarify that now, the ... we understand that the institutions signed the deed of acceptance on the 24th and returned it to the Department as such. Would that have been when they were legally covered by the guarantee? I know it took a ... it was backdated but that's the day that they were legally bound. Or was it 29 October when, by statutory instrument, the Minister...