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

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

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

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

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

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

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

Pearse Doherty: Okay. That's-----

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

Pearse Doherty: Yes, that's fair enough. Can I ask you finally this question here? Minister, you were Minister for Finance for a------

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

Pearse Doherty: This is the final question. You were Minister for Finance for a number of years at this point. You were within a hair's breadth of entering into the Taoiseach's offices, which are the two most important constitutionally offices in this State. You give an impression to the committee, and it's just my impression - correct if it's wrong - that this was a very informal issue: "They spoke about...

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

Pearse Doherty: The point I'm making is the board-----

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

Pearse Doherty: But somebody got up on behalf of Anglo and outlined the issues around Anglo, as you said, but you mentioned, "I didn't take notes and I wasn't taking any briefing." Would it not be a unique opportunity, given the financial crisis that we're at-----

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

Pearse Doherty: -----that this is the first time you're sitting right in front of them, you may not get another opportunity, would it not be an opportunity to engage thoroughly with them at that event?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form by county and by month, the number of applications for the one-parent family payment received to date in 2015; the number of these applications that have been determined; which have yet to be processed; the average times for a decision to be made with respect to applications submitted for each of these months;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any study has been completed by his Department on the impact on local economies of the centralisation of procurement currently carried out by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, which was submitted and received along with the requested medical evidence in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26645/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money spent by each local authority over the past five years on the procurement of goods and services that will in future be secured by the local government operational procurement centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26446/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I just want to pick up ... go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte roimh an tUasal. I just want to pick up on that point because we've been hearing evidence from different agencies, the Department of Finance as well, and your own evidence, and from the ESRI, the Central Bank. Can you explain to me this ... because we've heard a lot of people say, well, in terms of the soft...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And you would have seen those projections?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: No, the projections ... forget about others for this point, because you're speaking on behalf of the Department-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: You would have see those. So what did the projections say? What did the ... how did, what-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So, the projections for a soft landing, we're talking about. So what did they look like in terms of how soft was this landing going to be or how hard was this landing going to be? What did you see?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So what type of drop in house prices were they suggesting, and ... on the document, the internal document to the Department-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And what was the impact, from your point of view, in relation to taxation and employment and, therefore, other pressures on the service as result of that? What hole did that create, in terms of the soft landing, from a budgetary point of view?