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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: A former Bank of Ireland employee who had previously headed up that division was subsequently given a head of division role in Kennedy Wilson after the sale was made. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am not naming anybody but it is a matter of public interest because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: A Department of Finance official who had a specific role in securing the private investment was hired by Bank of Ireland afterwards. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: No, I am not mentioning a name.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am just trying to establish a sequence. My understanding is that the head of unit who had responsibility for overseeing private investment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: OK. The issue is whether Mr. Boucher sees any conflict of interest in hiring a senior official from the Department who played a pivotal role in selling taxpayers' investment in the bank. I think that is a pertinent question from point of view of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I have a number of questions I would like to tease through. Picking up where Senator Hayden left off, the Irish mortgage holders association, IMHO, figures released this week are very impressive. The collaboration between the IMHO and AIB is very successful and I would be interested to hear Mr. Boucher's thoughts on that. Might Bank of Ireland consider a similar arrangement? I believe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: The benefit of having a named third party is that people know where to go. It is transparent, open and accessible to everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: Maybe it is worth considering. I have a major concern about the condition of the property market in Ireland. We all know that the insidious relationship between developers, banks and Government landed this country in an extraordinary mess in 2008. One of my key priorities is transparency, particularly when taxpayers' money is involved. I have some questions relating specifically to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: How involved was Mr. Boucher in securing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: How much time will we each of us have to contribute?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the increase in property prices in many parts of the country, his views that capital acquisitions tax thresholds should be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to the possibility of allowing travel expenses for members of a community employment scheme (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who suffers from H1N1 swine flu vaccine-induced narcolepsy to reach third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 1048. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the change in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 relating to bed-sits, the number of residents his Department believe are living in bed-sits that do not conform with the new regulations; his plans to address this while ensuring that the homelessness crisis is not further exacerbated;...

Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: The planning and development (No. 1) Bill is listed in the legislative programme to support actions in Construction 2020. One action mooted by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste when the document was launched in May was 95% mortgages for first-time buyers, or a provision whereby the State would underwrite the deposit up to 5%. The Central Bank has obviously responded by trying to put in place...

Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: We see in today's leaks to the Irish Independent that the Government is again proposing to circumvent the prudent proposal of the Central Bank. I would like to hear what the Tánaiste thinks about that and whether she is satisfied with the abolition of the windfall tax on rezoned land, introduced in the budget last week.

Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: It is essentially a return to the policies of Fianna Fáil.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Services (23 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the dramatic restructuring of Royal Mail that has occurred since 2008; if he has considered a similar plan for An Post; if he will support a similar employee shareholder scheme; his plans to commission a report into An Post similar to the Hooper report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Pluralism (23 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the level of diversity that exists in the broadcast and print media here; the measures he plans to introduce to ensure that media ownership cannot be excessively concentrated in one company or person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40363/14]