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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the total amount of funding allocated per route, in tabular form, for all national primary roads and motorways, for each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18204/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I failed to hear why the Minister is so opposed to a commission of inquiry. He says he has instigated the review because of public concern about the sale, three years and two months after the issue was first raised in the Dáil. There remains public concern but that concern is not just about the sale - it is also about the review he has instigated. It is about the fact the Minister has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister says this is the first stage of an investigation and he mentioned the committees of this House. If one of those committees recommends a commission of investigation, will the Government facilitate that process after scrutiny of the KPMG review? He said the review would involve some 30 transactions. Can he confirm that every transaction that resulted in a loss of €10...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Will all transactions be examined?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The question I asked was not answered.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Is that all of them?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a full investigation into the Siteserv deal and other issues at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to which his Department has raised objections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17768/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Liquidation (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise the issue of Siteserv and the planned review by KPMG of the sale of that company. It is very clearly an issue that will not go away. Why should it? The Minister's attempt last night to fob off and defend the KPMG investigation into the sale, which KPMG had its fingerprints all over, is not getting public support. It is important we get to the truth of all this. Can the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will meet the main lenders; and if he will direct those in which he is the shareholder to reduce their standard variable rate interest rates and offer realistic solutions to families struggling with mortgage arrears that involve maintaining the family home. [17767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by his Department, since March 2011, on advertising its Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the detail of this expenditure, listing each place it was advertised and the cost. [17951/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. Tá fáilte roimh an tUasal Torpey agus Gallagher. Mr. Torpey, if I can ask you just in relation to Ulster Bank, UBIL, relied heavily on intergroup funding from RBS Group to fund the growth in its loan book. Did this ability to borrow from its parent company lead you to expand the loan book at a faster rate than you would have or could have if you had to rely...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Gallagher, I would like to refer to board minutes of 5 December 2007. The full minutes aren't available in hard copy version of the booklets of the core documents but they have been provided in electronic form. The electronic reference for the screen is UBI 00329-006. The final paragraph and I will quote it anyway on the page states: "The Board noted that the Group's percentage growth...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Just the minutes again, I'm just going to ... the minutes reflect in 2007 that you wanted to be the number one bank in Ireland. Is that the case?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. So it wasn't just to be a third force. You wanted to be the biggest bank in Ireland, the number one.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. And how would Ulster Bank set out to be the No. 1 bank in Ireland? Was the ambition possible through residential mortgage business alone? And if not, where did you need to enter into?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: If I can ask you just relation to Mr. Daly from ... from NAMA, who presented evidence to the committee. He gave an assessment and I'll quote you from ... from his evidence. It said: ''Few, if any, financial institutions wanted to be left out of what was seen as a profitable business due to the larger lender margins and the relatively low operating costs''. He went on to say: "In the Irish...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. How much did the ... how much was Ulster Bank bailed out by RBS?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: And in relation to the fact that your bank needed €15 billion of a bailout - and that's sterling - what responsibility do you see, both of you personally, in relation to causing your bank to require that amount of money to be bailed out or do you see yourself as having no responsibility in that regard?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (7 May 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Torpey?