Results 901-920 of 36,748 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: I thank the Governor and his colleagues for coming to the committee. To get his own view and that of the Central Bank, does Mr. Makhlouf believe that what we are seeing in Gaza is a genocide?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: That is okay. Mr. Makhlouf has answered that he is not willing or able or does not have the necessary qualifications to call out genocide at this time. I will leave it that. On the risk, if I was an investor in Israeli war bonds - and I am going to use the term "Israeli war bonds" because that is how they are marketed - would it not be a risk for me that there is what is deemed a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: With respect, because I am going to run out of time and the Chair is very strict, the question I am going to ask is, as an investor who buys Israeli war bonds and wants to make an informed investment decision, is it a risk, in the view of the Central Bank, that there is a plausible case with regard to a breach of the Genocide Convention by Israel, and therefore, what could materialise after...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: That is fine. Let us get to the risk. There are loads of bonds; we do not have an issue with them being approved through the Central Bank. I want Mr. Cross to please answer the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Financial is the main risk. I take that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Is the fact that there is a statable case with regard to a breach of the Genocide Convention included in the prospectus?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: The prospectus is quite long. I do not want Mr. Cross to go through it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Is that included?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. On that basis, is it the case that Mr. Cross believes the risks are dealt with?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Okay. The Central Bank is an organ of the State but is obviously independent. Does it subscribe to the Genocide Convention or is it separate to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Forgetting about the prospectus for a minute-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Does the Genocide Convention apply to the Central Bank or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: As Ireland is a signatory since before I was born, does the Genocide Convention apply to the Central Bank or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland (11 Jun 2025)
Pearse Doherty: Does it apply to the Central Bank?