Results 23,841-23,860 of 35,894 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the par value and purchase value of the remaining loans at the National Asset Management Agency. [28884/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential yield from reducing tax relief on private health insurance payments to 0%, and to 10%. [28891/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 528. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 22 April 2015, when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 652. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28921/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 653. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the Health Service Executive policies and procedure that Home Help and Blue Bird assistants must follow in respect of dispensing medication to their clients; the exceptions to this procedure if persons are not physically or mentally capable of taking their own medication, or if a member of the person's family is not available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 654. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect a decision on a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (14 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 681. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation in Saint James Hospital in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29096/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat agus fáilte. Can I ask you, first of all, did Minister Lenihan advise you on any telephone conversations he had with Jean-Claude Trichet regarding the burning of bondholders? And, if so, can you outline the nature of the conversations as he advised ... as you were advised of them?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, outside the letters ... the phone calls ... there's been a lot of stuff written about Minister Lenihan and phone calls that he received and a lot of speculation. As his special adviser, are you knowledgeable from Brian Lenihan himself of any phone call that he received from Jean-Claude Trichet?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. I'm not interested whether you were with him or not. So Minister Lenihan said he received a phone call from Jean-Claude Trichet. At what time? In relation to burning the bondholders, now, we're talking about, so not-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Well, I'm asking did Minister Lenihan advise you that he had received a phone call from Jean-Claude Trichet, where the subject of burning bondholders was part of the discussion?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. But he's not ... what we're trying to do in this committee is gather a bit of evidence and we're trying to ... unfortunately, the late Minister isn't with us anymore, so we're trying to find out, did he ... on a first person basis, did he ever say that he had a phone conversation with Jean-Claude Trichet, that the issue of bondholders or burning bondholders was discussed? Not to your...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----your evidence.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Okay. Can I ask you, in relation to ... you mentioned that the Department were sceptical in relation to the information from the regulators and particularly that the banks were sound. Was the Minister himself becoming sceptical of the information that the regulator was providing and did he inform you of such?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And did he ... did he talk to you about the reasons why he argued - we understand, quite strongly - on the night of the guarantee for nationalisation of both Anglo and INBS? Was it because of the scepticism that he had in relation to the fact that those banks were sound?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And did he explain to you why he wanted a distinction between Anglo and Nationwide from the other banks at that time?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Ms Herbert, when was the first time that Minister Lenihan spoke to you about the need for the banks to be recapitalised? Did he suggest that this is an outcome that may arise around the time of the guarantee? Was it afterwards, was it before? Can you, can you give-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But even ... even though you've given evidence that Brian Lenihan was sceptical of the information that the regulator were ... was giving him in relation to the soundness of the banks and wanted to distinguish between Anglo ... Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide, was it Brian Lenihan's view, to your knowledge, on the night of the guarantee, that both those banks were financially sound?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (9 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But you say he was sceptical of that advice.