Results 9,521-9,540 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: That's great. And that's the same two questions then for Ms Harney.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: That's perfect-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: And were they politicians?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Can I ask just in the context of external influences on Cabinet, there's been some evidence from the chief economist in the Central Bank, for example, who was alleging political and property interest that were impeding upon his ability to get his message across within the Central Bank? In your experience, Mr. Gormley, was there any external influence of a property or political nature which...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, okay. Just very quickly. Ms Harney, you mentioned that there was a lot of pressures to sped the national reserve fund. Where were those pressures from?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: No, but in your statement, did you not say that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, maybe there's a misprint. I'll move on. Just ... in the context there, just to finish, you were describing how you were discussing with Mr. McWilliams and I think you mentioned you were finding out from Mr. McWilliams what Mr. Lenihan was saying. Ms Harney, you mentioned that you don't remember a discussion about that, there was general discussions at Cabinet about the international...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Yes. No, I did say that, yes ... that you were passengers to this issue or I mean ... is that the practice - that you depended on third parties like David McWilliams to find out what were going on in-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (29 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: -----in other areas or ... what way does that work?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Thanks, Cathaoirleach, and just to say, that was 12 minutes. I have five questions that I wish to ask.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: And the first four of those only require a "Yes" or "No" answer. They're all for you, Taoiseach, and the last one might require a little bit further. I'd ask for the indulgence of the Chair. Can I ask you, Taoiseach, "Yes" or "No", that in your pre-budget considerations, commentary, proposals or, indeed, manifestos in the relevant period, did you ever propose expenditure cuts and tax increases?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Can you give examples of that for us?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: No, no. I'm talking about the relevant period.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: In the run-in to the election in 2007-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: -----Taoiseach?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: In what?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: Okay. And what portion of the €17.4 billion increase in current expenditure outlined in the Fine Gael manifesto? How could you say that that constitutes a proposed decrease in expenditure, Taoiseach?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: You were proposing the reduction of tax to 18%-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Marc MacSharry: -----how could that be constituted as an increase in taxation?