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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals. (14 Nov 2012)
Liam Twomey: We must move on. I call Deputy Dara Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)
Liam Twomey: In the context of his ongoing discussions with his European colleagues, does the Minister believe there is more confidence that the European crisis is settling down? Are we approaching a situation where Europe can start dealing with specific problems, like Ireland's debt problem and the deal we are seeking to resolve it? At a meeting of this committee yesterday, one of my colleagues pointed...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)
Liam Twomey: When Mr. Moran discusses this new governance in the Department and when one reads through it and listens to what is being said, there is nothing really controversial there. Do the witnesses challenge themselves on the controversial topics as well? Have there, for example, been in-depth discussions on issues that have been raised in the public domain, such as the future of the Croke Park...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)
Liam Twomey: Is that fed up the line to the Minister and the Cabinet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)
Liam Twomey: I will discuss some of the elements raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett. A reduction in unemployment usually lags behind economic recovery. If growth this year is as low as predicted, if it drops to approximately 1% next year and the pattern continues into the beginning of 2015, is it possible that unemployment could remain at the high current rate for the next two to three years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)
Liam Twomey: We spoke about improving the Department's governance, and the term "challenge" has been used. Does this arise because of a feeling that some of the issues that caused our current crisis were due to too much group-think and people who spoke contrary to the opinion of the majority not being listened to? Does this process protect the Department from political interference, which has also been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: I thank Mr. Duffy for his response. I was struck by the observation earlier that, in the bank's view, the economy is stabilising and we are at a turning point. Will the delegates comment on how they arrived at that view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: It has been interesting listening to the contributions made today and to hear that the AIB team is holding board meetings at branches throughout the country and actively seeking face-to-face meetings with customers. This is all very positive and it is good to hear staff in both loan and asset management are being retrained. These initiatives and others mentioned here this afternoon give the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of IBRC: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: In regard to the legislation, there is a perception among the public that there is a general tardiness on the part of the banks to do something about this crisis of mortgage arrears in the residential market and SMEs. The consensus is that the banks to do not seem to be moving it on or do not want to deal with this issue which is considered to be a huge one in us moving forward.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of IBRC: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: That is more or less all I wanted to ask. I wanted to know Mr. Dukes's feelings on this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of IBRC: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: If we take out the residential, buy to let and loans to SMEs, does IBRC deal with a very small number of people for the vast majority of loans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of IBRC: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: Within that, some of the companies are connected, which makes it a smaller number.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of IBRC: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: Are these responsible for at least €5 billion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of IBRC: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: The IBRC has been fairly flexible and proactive in how it has been achieving objectives over the past number of years. Does IBRC have connection with asset management companies such as Certus, which is involved in getting out of the Irish market as quickly as possible on behalf of some of the major UK banks? There is a NAMA unit within IBRC. NAMA is much bigger than IBRC in the overall...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Message to Dáil (18 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012 and has made no amendments thereto.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: Yes.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 18 to 20, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 15, 16 and 17 are related and amendments Nos. 16 and 17 are alternatives to amendment No. 15. Amendments Nos. 15 to 17, inclusive, will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2012)
Liam Twomey: We should stick to the amendments.