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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But if that ... even if that isn't your recollection or even if it isn't accurate, does it infer that you were expecting nationalisation to come shortly after the guarantee decision?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: It wasn't being ruled out.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay, thank you. Just two other brief questions. Were you aware of the over-exposure of the banks to commercial property from 2006, when you took over as Secretary General at the Department of Finance?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I said,"Were you aware of the exposure?", though, which was the question.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Yes, but surely the point of the whole regulatory infrastructure assumes that you can't just trust the banks, so when you became aware of that over-exposure, what did you do about it to satisfy yourself that it wasn't a risk to the economy or to the banking system?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: The exposure. And you didn't consider it an over-exposure?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (17 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay, thank you. Thank you Chair.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (16 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse his decision regarding the tax credits and benefits associated to health insurance (details supplied). [23941/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 was refused an English teacher as an additional language teacher; if she will re-examine the application; and if the awarding process could be made more transparent. [22996/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: 866. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will conclude its report on a rail line to the airport; and if he will support a light rail, above-ground option. [22995/15]
- Direct Provision Report: Motion (12 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: I have spoken on this issue a number of times previously. I welcome and support this report and congratulate the committee members on the work they have done. In the context of reports that have come from committees, in my brief time in the Dáil, this is one of the best we have seen. It is clear and concise and makes some excellent recommendations. I commend the committee and welcome...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Thank you, Chairman, and thank you, Mr. O'Reilly, you're very welcome. I'd like to look at Vol. 3, page 40, in the evidence books. It's 33AK, but in the summary document. Senator D'Arcy touched upon this earlier on. It's a meeting of the financial stability co-ordination committee in April 2004.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: You have that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Great. So what we see in front of us from the summary of that meeting is the Financial Regulator stating his concerns in relation to banks being blind to risks building in the banking sector, and euphoria existing in property lending markets, which we heard earlier. And it says, in bullet three: "He proposed roadshows so that CBFSAI's concerns could be communicated to senior management and...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: This was following the financial stability report?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: It was at that forum?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: Okay. I'll come back to that in a second, if I may. If we look at bullet four it says, on that same page: The Committee also agreed to follow up: - the stress testing exercise, - detailed analysis of the housing demand, and - a study of previous crises versus current conditions in Ireland." Did any of that happen? And did it ring any alarm bells?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: But given the serious concerns expressed-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (11 Jun 2015)
Eoghan Murphy: -----at this co-ordination committee, stability co-ordination committee meeting-----