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- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Exactly. I am aware of that. That is why I am acknowledging that. The public said they care about the Seanad and want a say in the Seanad. That was the mandate from 2013. As a result of that, there was a brief acknowledgment. There was the Manning report, which was initiated to look to the ways in which we can widen and open the Seanad, make it more inclusive and ensure that people...
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Seanad Bill 2020 is also before the House. I want it acknowledged that it is on the Order Paper and in front of the Houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I begin by saying I share the regret that others have expressed regarding the Central Bank's poor decision to remove its unit of consumer protection and regulation. I understand the functions. I do not need to have the elaboration again. The functions are taken up across different areas. However, very often in this committee, key issues of financial regulation that need to be highlighted,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: At any point in the past few years there is a question as to whether the prospectus assessing risks and offering issues of bonds from Israel, in asking that its bonds be carried, included assessments of the risks in terms of geopolitical risk, which Mr. Makhlouf mentioned we should all be thinking about. It seems to be a clear area. Leave aside the risks in terms of international law,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am explicitly going into the parameters, with respect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Sometimes the three words we are told are, "Don't go here", where we are told these are the three parameters. Let us go within them. I am explicitly speaking to the powers and responsibilities that, as a competent authority, the Central Bank had and has. I am not looking at what the Central Bank can do now solely. It would useful, in the analysis, to look to and examine the question as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Is there a proper examination of human rights, international law and geopolitical risks in answering the request - and it is a request - for Ireland through the Central Bank to facilitate the sale of Israeli state bonds? Was the information examined? Was it appropriately examined? These are clear powers. If the information fell short, was further information sought? If not, why was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I want to have a set of six pieces, because I know the response will be, "We will review it."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect, Chair, I want to be clear on it, others have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect Chair, I have also listened to others and I am within my timeframe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a whole separate set of questions on a different issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: What I need to do-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies, Chair. I need to finish this set of questions because if we are going to receive-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The time given to other speakers was 20 minutes, with respect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: These questions are really clear because I do not want the witnesses to simply go away and see what they can do. We need an examination of the process to date that goes through all of those factors I have said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: No, this is a request-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Excuse me, Chair, with respect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am within my 20 minute period.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have two-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will point out two other areas we need a response on because I knew the response would be that we will have a written response. This is something that needs a public response so we request the response be given very soon. There are two other pieces. I have asked Mr. Makhlouf to examine the process so far but I also ask him to examine under paragraph 40 of the regulation if it is the...