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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-----

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

Pearse Doherty: Okay. And do you know if this was an arrangement with other external organisations outside the OECD?

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

Pearse Doherty: And are you satisfied by the independence of the research carried out by these organisations?

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

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Mr. Cowen, on page 12, and maybe we can pull it up, of your opening statement, you list eight key factors that you believe were relevant regarding the mistakes made in the lead-up to the banking crisis, and one of those, the second point in that, is that you believed that banks became too dependent on wholesale funding. Do you believe that your policies contributed to the banks...

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

Pearse Doherty: Did you facilitate that, did you facilitate the fact that they were more dependent? And can I ask you in particular-----

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

Pearse Doherty: You didn't, okay. But is it not the case, Mr. Cowen, that as a result of substantial lobbying by Irish banks, you brought in legislation which facilitated this over-dependence on wholesale funding? And what I'm referring to here, Mr. Cowen, is the 2007 amendment to the Asset Covered Securities Act which was lobbied by institutions such as Bank of Ireland, Depfa, Anglo Irish Bank, and which...

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

Pearse Doherty: No it's to do with the legislation, we're trying to-----

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

Pearse Doherty: No - well, no, sorry-----

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

Pearse Doherty: The point I'm making is that they lobbied heavily for this because they wanted access to a wholesale market and using different products-----

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

Pearse Doherty: Can I just finish on this here, that's the point I'm making. When you say that one of the eight mistakes that were made was that banks became dependent on wholesale funding, how could it, is not, is the Asset Covered Securities Act not an instrument that allows them to depend further on wholesale funding by wrapping up mortgages and having them sold on the market?

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

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask the original question that I asked again, given the conversation we're just after having and given the fact that you introduced this legislation that allowed the banks to access wholesale funding through this measure in 2007, do you believe that your policy and your legislation you introduced in 2007, increased the ... allowed the banks to increase their dependency on wholesale...