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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Thanks a million, I think the same question that I've been given has been dealt with adequately, and if not, I'll take direction from the Chair. Can I ask you, Mr. Horan, in relation to a discussion we were having at this committee with another witness in relation to a letter that you signed in March 2008, to a financial institution, which talked about ... an institution having no access to...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And that fact that they would be shut out from ECB monetary operations and from the interbank market for a number of months, would that be more than just-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----you know, the liquidity pressures that were being felt across the financial sector at the time?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Mr. Horan, I want to refer to the core document booklet, Vol. 2, page 134. It's a short reference anyway, but the document references the fact that towards the end of 2007, Irish banks had already lost between 30% and 50% of their value since the start of the year and that this was due to the exposure of Irish banks to the Irish property market. Would you agree or disagree with this...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. Was the perception of the Irish financial sector's overexposure to commercial and residential property a correct or incorrect perception, in your view?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And can we say or not that by the end of 2007, it was common knowledge in investor circles that the Irish financial sector was overexposed to commercial and residential property, and that this knowledge of the overexposure risk was being reflected in the share price?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Is it your view or not that, given that the share price had dropped significantly, as was said between 30% and 50% in the end of 2007, that the markets had already made up their minds in relation to certain financial institutions in this State?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Horan, finally, before I run out of time, you mentioned about being vilified in the media. You mention in your opening statement that you believe you are a contrarian voice, and you've added evidence to the committee in relation to back up those assertions. In relation to being vilified in the media, can I ask you, because the Irish public would be very aware of your involvement in the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. The question I had to ask you was in relation to the sanctions, but it was being dealt with by Mr. MacSharry. But, the question then is if the Central Bank isn't given administrative sanctions - and I believe that the recording in the Anglo tapes was you suggesting to executives in Anglo, or senior bankers in Anglo, or a senior banker in Anglo, to act ethically, and to not kill the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (27 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the amount of additional money that would be raised in a year for the social insurance fund if a new band of employer's PRSI was introduced on weekly income exceeding €1,923 at the rate of 19.75%; if a new rate of employer's PRSI were introduced on weekly income exceeding €1,635...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the insurability of employment, and determining the employment or self-employment status of persons, if she will provide details of the total number of decided cases, whereby persons were successfully deemed by the SCOPE section in her Department to be employees, since the section's inception; if she will further provide, as a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the legislative, including secondary, changes required to implement the policy announcement of 13 May 2015 on mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19813/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all the bodies, persons and organisations he has consulted with, prior to his announcement of 13 May 2015, related to mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the companies or persons contracted to provide advice or expertise, prior to his announcement of 13 May 2015, related to mortgage arrears, and in each case, if he will provide the financial details of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19819/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exports Data (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of exports, and this value as a percentage of total exports, that are attributed to the aircraft leasing sector, for each of the past three years. [19868/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Central Bank of Ireland investigation into Custom House Capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (26 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the fee paid or payable to a person (details supplied) for his work on the local property tax review. [20623/15]