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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----March-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So, a number of months?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Was it, was it working, was it providing liquidity to the banks non-ECB liquidity in January of 2009 still?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Just about.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Cowen, on page 4 of the same document; there is a memo from the Department of Finance. It says: The deterioration [of] Irish credit terms associated with the national fiscal position has been compounded by the additional contingent liabilities of ... €440bn under the bank guarantee scheme and the fact that deposits and access to international credit markets have not been...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But do you believe that the banking ... the banking, or the guarantee that was taken, which only lasted or had an effect for a number of weeks, the 12 week-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Well, to the 12 ... I was going to say about 12 weeks, and that's probably generous, if it's going up to the end of the year, had an impact on our bond yields, which had an impact on us having to apply for a troika bailout?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But, Mr. Cowen, the programme, the programme of assistance, as it's officially known, the €85 billion that was in that programme, €35 billion of that was provided, set aside for recapitalising of the banks. How can we credibly say that it was the problem of the Greeks, or suggest, in some fashion, that it was because of the Greeks that we had to go into a programme, given that...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (8 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I ask you finally, at the start of your evidence last week, you said that you fully and completely accept responsibility for the decisions that you had taken in relation to the crisis. Today you have expressed regret on two areas. You expressed regret that there was an incorporeal Cabinet meeting instead of a full Cabinet meeting, and you've expressed regret that there was no...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Here we are again, only this time, the last fig leaf for the Government has been removed. Since the Government voted down my Bill less than a month ago, the banks have given their answer. They have said a definite "No" to decreasing their standard variable rates in any real way. I recognise that Permanent TSB has moved, but Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank have not budged on reducing their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legal Costs (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the judgment in the Supreme Court case between the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environment Information, the total legal fees incurred to date in the case by that office; and the estimate of all legal costs incurred by that office. [27379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding charging organisers of certain public events for policing services, if she will provide the names of the various community groups and organisations, in tabular form, by county, since the year 2010, which have been subject to such a fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015 at which it was stated that it is proposed that consultants from the Saolta university health care group would travel to Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal as a medium to long-term solution in alleviating pressure on breast cancer services at the hospital, if this measure has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 304. To ask the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015, at which it was stated that further efforts were being made to fill vacant posts for two general practitioner positions in the breast cancer service in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, if these vacancies have been successfully filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 305. To ask the Minister for Health regarding a meeting in his Department on 27 February 2015, at which it was stated that an application for the appointment of a general surgeon with an interest in gastrointestinal surgery was to be made by the Saolta university health care group for Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, if this application was made by the group; if an appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 306. To ask the Minister for Health following the retirement of a person (details supplied) from Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, if a permanent replacement has been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the securing of a suitable premises in which to relocate a Health Service Executive managed training service centre for persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Donegal; if a decision has been made by the executive's estates department pertaining to the leasing of a suitable premises; his plans to provide the necessary...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat a Chathoirligh. Fáilte roimh an tUasal Cowen. Volume 3, page 46, just of the core booklets. Mr. Cowen, the banking inquiry has received documents, and they'll come up on the screen in a minute, that shows draft OECD reports on Ireland's macroeconomic development and these were revised or partly re-worded by the Department of Finance. Can I ask you a couple of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (2 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And the Minister was not consulted, in relation-----