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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: In the circumstances of where all of the banks had gone broke, and the country was in a rescue from the IMF, was it impossible for somebody to, you know, just putting the devil's advocate ... surely it was impossible for people to come to you and say, "Listen, we'll try and separate the amateur developers but we'll try and keep you in business". I mean it just wasn't an option for Mr....

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: But we haven't made the adjustment, would that be the case made? That we saw houses in 1990 going from two and half times income to twelve times income. As you said earlier, you were pricing your product away from the average guard, teacher, nurse, and so on.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: And will we ever see, you know, four and half, five times average incomes for house prices again, or will we all be working for banks and builders?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: I mean, we have development levies in south Dublin, 60,000 per house. A levy of 352,000 per hectare within 1 km of the LUAS, so ... and I've another here that Ronan Lyons gave, that the average house price has risen by 10,000 a year to construct, between 2009-2014. There's a substantial increase of a third in construction at a time when ... of static incomes, in fact, falling incomes,...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: If you went to the Stock Exchange and re-formed your company, as you're seeking now, would there be long-term finance because isn't that one of the faults, we used short-term finance for the long-term asset of a house?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Would the Stock Exchange or pension funds ... what alternative could we do for finance?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: We'll bear that in mind when we consider the report. Thanks very much.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (22 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Yes, thanks, Chairman.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: I note with concern the report by Professor Alan Barrett on the national economic dialogue. He points to the considerable contradiction between people arguing for extra spending and being unwilling to pay for it. That is what got us into trouble previously. It is an echo of the past. In Dublin Castle last week, 140 people from unions, business, farming and the voluntary sector met. All...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: I wish the Cabinet well as it goes to Lissadell House for its meeting. As the home of the first woman to be elected to Parliament in Britain or Ireland, it is an inspiring place. It was a source of great inspiration for people like Yeats, who wrote in 1934 that the "real work of legislation" is done in meetings dominated by "old lawyers, old bankers, old businessmen, who ... have begun to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: I note that yesterday, our cricket team qualified for the next Twenty20 World Cup. Our hockey team has also qualified for its world cup. These people represent the island of Ireland and give us great inspiration. We wish our golfers every success this afternoon.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: I echo the sentiments of Senator Mooney and the Leader on the loss of Alexis Fitzgerald, a most popular, friendly and courteous man to meet. I extend the sympathy of the Independent Senators to his wife, Mary. I welcome that two of the students injured in Berkeley, Niall Murray and Jack Halpin, are returning to Ireland this week. For them and the others who survived that tragedy - Sean...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Without wishing to hold up the House, I echo the sentiments of Senator Cullinane. The Minister of State said we should consider the whole package. NAMA estimates that in south County Dublin, development levies of €60,000 per house are imposed by the local authority. I had thought the object of having property taxes that were levied annually was to allow us to move away from those...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Thank you, Chairman. Welcome, Mr. Gallagher and you made the point very strongly about Europe leaving Ireland on its own and so on and, indeed, a currency that had been circulated since 1999, only in 2013 was Article 127 of the treaty implemented. Did that propose particular legal challenges for Ireland in ... it was a dangerous area, certainly and that ... did we discard the policies and...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: And we had representation on the board of the ECB and in ECOFIN, where we might have made some of those points that you were making.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: Well, after the guarantee, did you get reactions from Europe?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)

Sean Barrett: And can you tell us those?