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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Weather Forecasting (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: 700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to add weather forecasts from weather stations in Northern Ireland to all of Met Éireann's weather reports (details supplied). [29698/15]
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you, Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Gallagher, you're very welcome. You were involved in the bailout negotiations in 2010?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you. Did the ECB get its own legal advice on whether it was constitutional for Ireland to impose burden-sharing with the banks?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay, Mr. Cardiff in his written evidence to us, on page 88, or 188 - it was a long statement - said that the ECB informed him that under Irish law it would be unconstitutional, and his response was to effectively threaten a referendum. Were you made aware of any of these discussions during your time?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: So if the ECB would have had this discussion with Mr. Cardiff, as he alleges, that would have been improper on their part from a-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay, that was never communicated to you. Okay, thank you. You talk then about your concern, in your opening statement on paragraph 55, about protecting "Ireland's legal autonomy pursuing to the European Union Treaties, in relation to its corporation tax rate". What was the concern?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: What was the legal position? I mean, surely-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: And were you aware of which countries, in particular, were looking for this quid pro quo?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay. And does this explain, perhaps, the delay in willing to agree to enter negotiations?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: So once the Cabinet made the decision on 21 November to enter negotiations, that was off the table?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay, and just in terms of the memorandum of understanding that was agreed, the legal position of that, in terms of if a country fails to meet an objective under-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: And that was a legal watertight ... So when it comes to then ... January-February 2011, and the agreement that was already in place for the capital injections in the banks, is it a straightforward thing for the Minister to say, "I'm going to wait until the new Government comes in", or did that have to be renegotiated under the MOU?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: So the MOU allowed us to-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But, in terms of the legal position, are we to understand the MOU, like a contract in a domestic law, that if there is to be a renegotiation, it has to be agreed by both sides?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay, thank you. And just a final question I wanted to ask in relation to the details of what's contained in the MOUs. I mean, I think we're aware with the higher level details, like, for example, that ... sale of State assets, half the proceeds would be used to pay off the debt, you know, trying to find lower costs in the legal services, for example, but one requirement I was interested in...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Do you remember where it was coming from? Was it coming from a particular country?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Did they think it was restriction on certain companies outside of Ireland doing business in Ireland?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: And did anyone raise anything about the ability of Irish companies to compete domestically against foreign competitors coming in at such a large size seeing as how we were going to lift the cap on the floor space?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Are you aware of any other requirements-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (16 Jul 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you ... any other requirements in the programme for assistance that were being driven by the concerns of countries who wanted their own companies to be able to get into Ireland or benefit from the situation?