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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I'm sorry, I think the quote was put to me, or was about to be put to me and has been put to the committee beforehand.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: You gave evidence to the committee in relation to previous questioning about the Merrill Lynch analysis, and the document about €8.5 billion capital for Anglo after ... after capital, and about €2 billion for Nationwide. And you mentioned that Merrill Lynch said this is tip of the finger tips, or some language of that sort. Top of the finger tips data, it wasn't an in-depth...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: You believed all that?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I ask you, on the night of the guarantee - forget about whether they were insolvent or not, because I think that's some ... a bit of semantics, because solvency is not just solvent on that point in time, it's the risk of solvency in the future - was there any concern raised in the meetings that took place on the night of guarantee in relation to the risk of solvency of either...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I understand that. I'm not talking about the danger of an illiquid bank becoming insolvent. I'm talking about an analysis from some financial institutions or others that the banks themselves, given the loan losses, not the illiquid nature of the bank, could be insolvent in the future.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And was that ... you mentioned problems, because you had problems arising and so on in the past and in evidence that you've given, was that named in the meetings, as in, "There is a potential risk of Anglo Irish Bank or Irish Nationwide becoming insolvent as a result of loan losses and its lending?" Was words to that effect mentioned by anybody in any of those meetings?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Can I ask you-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I ask you in relation to the guarantee itself ... and explain this to me because I've not been ... we've not been able to get this at the committee so far. The guarantee was announced by Government. When did the banks, legally ... when were we contracted, bound by the guarantee? There's evidence here in the book, I think, which talks about ... it's page 26, Vol. 3, which says...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And the capital ... when did you begin to know that capital would be needed? Did you know on the night of the guarantee that at least some capital would be needed for these institutions or how soon did you know, with the first date we have here is sometime at the end of the October?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make a detailed response to the findings in the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's latest report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the plan in the Stability Programme Update 2015 is not in line with the requirements of the domestic budgetary rule or the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact, on a forward-looking basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the budgetary projections in the stability programme update 2015 do not present a full picture of the likely costs of demographic ageing and cost pressures in delivering existing programmes, as well as not taking into account explicit Government commitments to reduce taxes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that post-2016, the medium-term projections for expenditure and tax revenue in the stability programme update 2015 do not fully meet the requirements of a medium-term fiscal plan, as envisaged in the Government’s budgetary framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of borrowers who refinanced their loan from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at a 100% rate, between the date of liquidation and 31 December 2014. [23753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if any borrowers at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation refinanced their loans at a rate of less that 100%, capital and interest due, between the date of liquidation and 31 December 2014. [23754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability and Growth Pact (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 287. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the budgetary projections in the 2015 stability programme update do not present a full picture of the likely costs of demographic aging and cost pressures in delivering existing programmes, as well as not taking into account explicit Government commitments to reduce taxes; and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he agrees with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that post 2016, the medium-term projections for expenditure and tax revenue in the Stability Programme Update 2015 do not fully meet the requirements of a medium-term fiscal plan, as envisaged in the Government’s budgetary framework; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures available under the rural development programme to assist farmers affected by flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23096/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (16 Jun 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 616. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23618/15]