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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: In respect of the voting rights that are not controlled by the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Can I ask Mr. MacSharry and Ms Hayes about the definition of "public interest"? I have listened to a number of the other contributions and there is a view that the public interest is reflected by those who are in mortgage difficulty or by those who see the institution as an investment by the taxpayer who wants a return. Do Mr. MacSharry and Ms Hayes feel that the failure to define "public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Does it include the confidence of its stakeholders as well as the confidence of those who hold mortgages, be they tracker or variable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: I have a final question. Do the witnesses think that in the public interest it is desirable - and to prevent corporate capture or falling victim to the Stockholm syndrome - that there should be a regular turnover of public interest directors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: I will ask the directors to comment and Deputy Mathews can respond then. His time is running out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Deputy Mathews.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Would Mr. MacSharry like to answer some of the questions? I am concerned that there is only a minute and a quarter remaining for Deputy Mathews.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Deputy Mathews should allow the director to speak without interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Everyone should speak through the Chair please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion with Permanent TSB (19 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Deputy Boyd Barrett should be allowed to speak without interruption.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons (details provided) in County Cork has not yet received their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56622/12]

Order of Business (14 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: Fianna Fáil gave us the backdrop to it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received any progress report from the Gardaí regarding an investigation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56057/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has investigated the circumstances surrounding the theft of a file from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the circumstances under which this file was returned to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56058/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason criminal charges against a person (details supplied) were dropped by the Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56059/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55344/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any conditions under which a person availing of a Tús scheme may extend their term on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55617/12]

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Government commissioned report of the expert group on the judgment in the A, B and C case, which has led to a broader discussion on the provisions in our Constitution and the interpretation of the Constitution, particularly with regard to the X case. I thank the members of the expert group for a report that is very legible, even for a lay person,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (6 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the anomalous situation whereby a recipient of disability allowance can continue to receive a dependent allowance for a dependent who has exceeded the age of 22 years, by virtue of the fact they are in full time education on the date of their 22nd birthday, however if the dependents birthday happens to fall on a date when the educational...

Funding for Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: I welcome the motion and thank Deputy Kelleher for bringing it before the House. It is imperative that funding for the disability sector is on the basis of efficiency and transparency. The 61 voluntary bodies delivering services for people with disabilities are represented by an umbrella organisation, the National Federation of Disability Bodies. We have both efficient and inefficient...