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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment from Mayo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19618/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has concluded a review into the funding mechanism of national health and disability organisations reliant on the scheme to support national organisations funding, as announced by his Department on 18 July 2014; the outcome of the review; the funding to be provided to the organisations in question; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of foreshore licences that have been granted by his Department in the past four years; the number of these that are commercial, private, or awaiting processing by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19504/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of each of the Bus Éireann routes that are proposed to be privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19508/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (19 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 548. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for relocation under the turf cutting compensation scheme that have been received by her Department; the number of these that have been processed; have been successful; have been unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19499/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to provide medical cards in certain instances to patients who have undergone organ transplantation and who require varying levels of after-care following such procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19030/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to enable children with Down's syndrome to have their condition registered at birth; if consideration has been given to the benefit which this measure may yield, particularly for the future provision of resource teaching hours and educational support, for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19031/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the relatively small number of valid applications received by the National Council for Special Education for additional resource teaching hours for children with Down's syndrome for the 2015-2016 school year, her views on whether the condition should be added to the low incidence list, under a new resource teacher allocation model;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of children in main stream education who have Down's syndrome; if she is aware of the implications for future resource provision, and forward planning within the education system, associated with the current absence of the condition on the low incidence list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19028/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus fáilte roimh an bheirt agaibh chuig an coiste. Just ... you've mentioned to the Chairperson that you were satisfied with all of the relevant information that you were getting from ... in relation to risks and exposures. So that being the case, how would you explain the issues highlighted in the report ... in the Boston Consulting...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But did it review the period that you were ... as governor of the bank?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: So you were familiar with all of the risks that ... that you were taking. So how do you stand over the fact that a report identified that there were these areas, these gaps?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I ask you, Mr. Burrows, how much time was allocated in the agenda of the board ... the board ... the court to the strategy and developing the business model and its ongoing monitoring and reviewing?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Crowley, in 2002 the court approved the proposal to take over Abbey National. You were quoted in The Irish Timeson 26 October 2002 saying that it was, "A once in a lifetime deal''. Why was Bank of Ireland interested in taking over Abbey National at the time?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. And, Mr. Burrows, in 2005, in your opening statement you say when ... on your appointment as chairperson in 2005 ... the bank developed a new strategy and you go on to say that its "correct geographical footprint for Bank of Ireland was Ireland and the UK and these should be the areas of focus for growth and we also recognised that Bank of Ireland did not have a rating that would allow...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, and that was, as you say, in 2005. Was commercial property, landbank and residential property seen as, or not seen as, a way of compensating in terms of growth for the lack of opportunities in mergers and acquisitions?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Property. Mr. Burrows, were you concerned at the time of the guarantee at the end of September 2008, of the issue of bad debts, future bad debts and the issue of capital within your bank?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Can I ask you ... and I'm just going to refer to Bank of Ireland C3b and it's on page 30 and it goes on for a number of pages. And this is a telephone conversation that was recorded in the trading room of Bank of Ireland and a transcript of it has been provided to the committee. It's between a Mr. Tilson and a "Mick'' and it was on the morning of 30 September 2008 at quarter past...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The head of global markets at the time would have been?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (14 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But ... sorry, who was the head of global markets at the time?