Results 3,021-3,040 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Were the contrarians in question sanctioned? Did they tell Mr. Nyberg that they had been sanctioned?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Was Mr. Nyberg's report reviewed or changed in any way by departmental officials or anybody else prior to this report?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Did any of the 140 people whom Mr. Nyberg interviewed or with whom he spoke or any of the reports and documents he saw give any indication there were private working accounts that were different from the audited accounts of any of the institutions that he looked at?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Mr. Nyberg did not find, but did anybody suggest it?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: On page 4 of Mr. Nyberg's statement this morning he says that he believes the excessive risks taken and the subsequent losses appear to have been the result of ignorance or a lack of understanding. There would be many people at this table and, indeed, outside of this building who would say that much of that was down to negligence, selfishness, people lining their own pockets and a lack of...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Would negligence not be a fairer word than mistake? There was an air of negligence among some people, not everybody, but the word mistake implies I made a mistake, but to be negligent is a different thing.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: So Mr. Nyberg would say that in the people he interviewed, in the documents that he read, he did not see any wilful behaviour?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: It was down to, as he says, ignorance or lack of standards.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Did the 140 people interviewed by Mr. Nyberg include anybody from the ECB?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: No, ECB.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: No, I was not suggesting it was a problem. I asked whether Mr. Nyberg interviewed anybody from the ECB.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: So he did not.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I appreciate Mr. Nyberg said the actions or inaction of the Government were not part of his remit, but did he interview any politicians among the 140 people?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Did this inform the report? He states very clearly he does not believe his report would have changed even if he had had more time. He believes we got the results but we see from his report that Government action or inaction was not part of his remit. Therefore Mr. Nyberg has had some insight, perhaps from some politicians, but we do not see it reflected in his report.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I take it Mr. Nyberg was the person who chose which politicians to interview and not somebody else.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Did Mr. Nyberg make any findings which he referred to the Garda which were not appropriate for this report?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Did anything come forward which he felt obliged to pass on to the Garda because it was inappropriate for him to pursue?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (17 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: Did anyone with whom Mr. Nyberg spoke or any-----
- Seanad: Role of Culture and Arts in Irish Society: Motion (10 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Senators and the Minister for a healthy conversation. It is always good to have culture and the arts discussed in the House, which has a long tradition of being interested in and caring about this sector. There is much work to be done, particularly with Thoor Ballylee as Senator Healy Eames has pointed out. It would be terrific if we can manage to get it open and is one of the...
- Seanad: Role of Culture and Arts in Irish Society: Motion (10 Dec 2014)
Susan O'Keeffe: It is not the case.