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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. There was mention earlier on to the evidence in the core booklet ... it's on page 21 and it's a letter from the Financial Regulator to the EBS dated 3 March 2008 and it relates to the inspection of EBS's commercial property loan book that was carried out by the regulator's office in January 2008 in relation to exceptions to policy. The letter states the level of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Would it be relevant to an auditor and financial reporting, if an institution gave out loans and 100% of the loans were outside the credit policy?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: We understand that the regulator had picked up on this because we see it from the letter. My ... what I'm trying to figure out with the 200 - I think - staff that went in ... or I'm not sure how many staff went in to this institution ... but the staff that went in to this institution and the samples ... on average, if you were taking any sample in 2006, 42% of them would show that there was...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The final question I have here is in relation to IAS 39, which this committee has heard a lot of over the last number of days. I want to deal with IAS 39, paragraph 43, which allows for the ... I'll just quote it just for the reference: "When a financial asset or financial liability is recognised initially, an entity shall measure it at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So, on that basis, was there many loans that you audited, or your firm audited, in relation to EBS, that were written down to market value and was ... when they were originally audited by ... recognised by your firm, when they were originally audited?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Maybe to just clarify where I'm trying to get-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (20 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----and I'll use a ... just an example from my own head. If an institution provided a loan for €500 million to an individual to do X, Y or Z, and on the day that you went into the audit you believed that that lending was, maybe, inappropriate, the assets weren't there to secure it, so on and so forth, and the market value - the fair value, which is the value to be reached with ......

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applicants who have applied for farm assistance payments over the past ten years who have been successful and unsuccessful each year; the number who have appealed; the average waiting time for payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19500/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the individual measures which constitute the value added tax policy gap; and if he will provide the potential revenue foregone as a result of each measure. [19189/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the change solely in non-tax revenues; and the principal contributors, in millions of euro, from the various heads to that change in non-tax revenues. [19312/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the change in the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the change solely in voted expenditure; and the principal contributors, in millions of euro, from the various items of voted expenditure to that change in voted expenditure. [19313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the contribution, in millions of euro, to the change in the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 arising from the change solely in non-voted expenditure; and the principal contributors, in millions of euro, from the various items of non-voted expenditure to that change in non-voted expenditure....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimate of the effect of all tax changes since the current Government came to office, in millions of euro, to the change in the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015 compared to the same period in 2011 and the total change in tax revenues during that period. [19315/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Services (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation he or the Central Bank of Ireland have engaged in with the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the proposal for a multi-debt initiative to be facilitated by StepChange. [19559/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Deficit (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's estimate of the effect of all announced changes to voted expenditure since the current Government came to office, on the change, in millions of euro, to the Exchequer deficit in the period January 2015 and April 2015, compared to the same period in 2011. [19316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Data (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to publish details of the single payments received by farmers; if so, the date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19501/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting processing in his Department; the number waiting for more than 12 months; the number of licences granted by his Department in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19502/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of Garda stations that have closed over the past six years; the location of each Garda station; the number of gardaí stationed in each station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19506/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of gardaí stationed in each county, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19507/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm recent reports from the National Association of General Practitioners that 32 rural communities currently have no general practitioner service; if he will provide a breakdown of the communities concerned, and their location; the steps taken by his Department to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19509/15]