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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Will Professor Honohan table a motion before the governing council or do whatever is necessary to start the ball rolling?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Yes, perhaps we should. There was a great deal going on at that time. Professor Honohan-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: -----telephoned "Morning Ireland" on the morning in question from Frankfurt. He was over there, as part of his role, representing the country. However, he had another role and a separate commitment to the European Central Bank. On the day following the "Morning Ireland" interview, it was widely perceived that we had entered a bailout and that everything was sorted. We were grateful to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Professor Honohan has said a number of different things. He first stated that his colleagues were not minded to attend the inquiry. Then he stated that he did not really know the position. How does he know that they are not minded to attend? Have they informed him that they are not going to come to Dublin and that he can forget about it? Has a discussion-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: More or less like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: They stated that they could not be bothered coming to the inquiry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: They are not minded to come. I would certainly urge Professor Honohan to approach his colleagues and ask them to attend. We want to know what happened. Apart from our own problems, we seem to have been part of a geopolitical event.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I have no doubt that we will find out everything possible from the Professor Honohan and the Central Bank of Ireland. The committee has powers to obtain the necessary information. However, I am concerned about the European Central Bank - Professor Honohan is a member of its governing council - and what it was doing at the time of the bailout. Is Professor Honohan not of the view that he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Professor Honohan said there were no discussions-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Why was it necessary for Professor Honohan to go on "Morning Ireland" on the day before Trichet threatened us with the removal of funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: However, Professor Honohan was in Frankfurt.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Was there always a rule that the second list of speakers would get only five minutes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: That is news to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I hope so. We can always give Deputy Mathews a bit more time. He needs it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas don Ghobharnóir as teacht os comhair an choiste inniu. I would like to ask Professor Honohan about the forthcoming banking inquiry and the European Central Bank's participation therein. Has he discussed it with his ECB colleagues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: They are not minded to attend. Has Professor Honohan discussed it with Mr. Draghi?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Why?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I think Professor Honohan should tell them. He has to decide. He is Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Professor Honohan is also a member of the governing board. It is like the Trinity, except there is only two people-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)
Thomas Byrne: That is disconcerting. Professor Honohan says "They" but he should really say "We" because he is a member of the board. Surely he can be part of a discussion-making process which states that the European Central Bank, of which he is part and on which he represents us, will attend?