Results 24,661-24,680 of 35,924 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. So, you ... you knew now what you knew then in relation to the size and scale. I'm really trying to go down to the point of, you know, this statement that you make, if you knew then what you knew now things would be different. I ... I'm struggling to find out what you didn't know then that you now know now.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. A couple of quick questions here. Can I ask you did the board ever investigate the claims made that an internal auditor of AIB had reported to Liam O'Reilly the foreign exchange rip-off that was happening at the time, which was the bank had to pay back over €30 million? Did it ever investigate those claims?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: In any way. Did you discuss it, did you discuss the claims? Not the event itself which, the investigation which happened in 2004, the claims that Liam O'Reilly was informed of these matters in 2001 and 2002.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: That's fine. In relation to your role on ... as chairperson of the board, can you tell us, at the peak time how many, if any, other boards did you serve on, along with being chairperson of the board of-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: No, well ... the time where you were most busiest on boards if you had-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Two others, okay. And in relation to ... was the board aware of the concerns and the problems around IAS 39 in terms of auditing?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: IAS 39 is-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: There's been a lot of discussion in relation to it, it's in relation to the fact that the auditors aren't allowed to account for future losses.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Was the board aware of the shortcomings of this issue?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Not at the time, in your tenure, is that what you're saying?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Yes, okay. And can I ask you in terms of what Deputy McGrath was saying in terms of the stability reports, the financial stability reports, would it be accurate or not to suggest that the financial stability reports could be described as misleading?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: I appreciate all of that, and with all of that bearing in mind, in your view, was the financial stability reports that were issued misleading? Or could they be viewed as misleading?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Thank you ... sorry, but, that youse were aware of, is the key point. We all know that they didn't highlight the risk, but the ... the risk that the boards were aware of, is that correct?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Okay, thank you.
- Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: I have been around long enough to recognise a box-ticking exercise. With no disrespect to those who were present at the meeting, it was a box-ticking exercise. The reason the meeting took place was that Deputy Pringle and I, among others, including the public, were raising concerns in the media for a number of weeks in relation to NowDoc. We had a structured, normal quarterly meeting with...
- Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Does it provide funding for GP cover directly?
- Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. The Minister should not lose sight of the significance of Deputies McGinley and Pringle as well as myself speaking with one voice on this issue, as it is rare that this occurs in the House. This issue goes to the core of services to rural communities. Deputy Mac Lochlainn asked me to express his support for the...
- Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State is shaking his head. Under his watch during the term of the Government the mortgage crisis has doubled. It has peaked and is starting to reduce but it has got worse and worse and these are facts the Minister of State cannot dispute. Four families a day are losing their homes. This is what the Government has in mind when it says it will stand up to the banks and will...
- Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an mBille seo, a thug mé féin chun tosaigh ar son Pháirtí Sinn Féin. Our party has a long record in this Dáil of bringing forward legislation that aims to protect borrowers from unscrupulous lending by financial institutions. In 2011, when I challenged the Government on its failure to stand up to...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a single farm payment for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22652/15]