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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Marriages Data (5 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the notification requirements for marriage and the fee for registering intent of marriage, which was increased from €150 to €200 in 2013, if she will provide details of the number of couples, per county, in tabular form, who have registered their intention to get married with the State since this increase; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Marriages (5 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the notification requirements for marriage and the fee for registering intent of marriage which was increased from €150 to €200 in 2013, if he will  provide details of the total sum of money which this fee has raised since its introduction; if he will provide details of the way this money is utilised by the State; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new system of allocating resource hours, making it an equitable system for children with Down syndrome, will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9752/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (5 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the pass and fail percentage rates for each national car test centre in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/15]

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tUasal Bacon. To pick on the comments of the Chairman on the abridged version of Dr. Bacon's report, which has been quoted, I am not sure if he is aware that his entire report was released to me through a freedom of information request, which revealed the X figure. Can he clarify that the X figure on page one, paragraph three of his report is €34 billion?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Some €34 billion.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: As I said, the abridged version was the version that was in the public domain for quite a while. The full report is now in the public domain. In the abridged version, as was mentioned by previous Deputies, it is stated that the X figure was based on outstanding loans of €80 billion to €90 billion. The actual report states that this is based on the total value of property...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Can I stop Dr. Bacon there? I will give him the full quote, which is: As regards their property loan portfolios the six guaranteed credit institutions face cumulative economic impairment on their land and development loan exposures and associated property investment loans of around €XBn [Figure deleted. Market sensitive] on loans outstanding of about €80-90Bn. That is the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The abridged version does contain development loan exposures and associated property investment loans.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I will move on, because I am restricted in terms of time. Paragraph 13 of the full version of the report suggests that the €34 billion of losses in the six institutions would require further capital injections of €9.2 billion in core tier 1 capital ratios in certain institutions. Has that figure stood the test of time? What was the actual capital requirement?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The record shows that Anglo Irish Bank required a large portion of the total amount. Dr. Bacon's report came out on 20 March 2009, just a number of months after the guarantee was brought in. Paragraph 26 deals with revising the credit guarantee. It states:A restructuring of the guarantee consistent with the introduction of the NAMA initiative should be seen as an integral element of a...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Why does Dr. Bacon suggest that a restructuring of the guarantee consistent with the introduction of the NAMA initiative should be seen as an integral element of a comprehensive strategy?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Did Dr. Bacon put something into this paragraph that he knew could never be done?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Paragraph 29 asks a number of questions on bond issuance relating to the recapitalisation of the banks. Dr. Bacon states:Another key factor relates to the underlying public finance position and current efforts towards stabilising the deficit which is widening beyond expectations. Then there is the question of the impact of such expansion on the debt and the capacity to service the debt....

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Does Dr. Bacon still believe Ireland had the ability to take on additional debt at that time, in the context of bank recapitalisation and a report that suggests that the banks were going to lose €34 billion on property loans?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Tá fáilte romhat go dtí an coiste. Professor Ahearne signalled a series of warnings in the period leading up to the crisis. How convinced was he that he was correct? Perhaps he could express his answer in simple percentage terms.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to Anglo Irish Bank, on 4 January 2009, the Sunday Independentpublished the following comment from Professor Ahearne:The markets quite clearly don't believe in the future of Anglo, and yet the Government is saying it's too important to let go. I'm not convinced by this. Will Professor Ahearne outline the reasons he was not convinced of the Government's view that Anglo Irish...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: On Anglo Irish Bank, Professor Ahearne described how he arrived at his assessment that there would be a hard landing. He did not have access to the internal data available to the banks, which the Central Bank may also have had. If he had been aware of the information provided in the Nyberg report, which shows that 50% of Anglo Irish Bank's loan book was held by 20 individuals, what types of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: A number of names have been mentioned today, including those of Professor Ahearne, Mr. David McWilliams and Professor Morgan Kelly. Does Professor Ahearne share the view that there were only a number of contrarian voices, or was the evidence wider? Will he comment on the note that UBS issued to its investors in January 2008 in which it advised them to sell shares in Anglo Irish Bank and...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Professor Ahearne noted in response to Senator MacSharry that in the period leading up to the 2007 election none of the parties recommended policies to stop the property bubble. He also stated that booms were very popular and that no party would have been elected it if had recommended policies to stop the property bubble. Will Professor Ahearne clarify the matter by indicating which parties...