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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: The figure is 15%. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Does the Customs get any initial capital for the setting up or putting the technology in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: My next question relates to open skies. Let us consider our airports and air routes. The Dublin to London route is the busiest route in Europe. To take the example of Ireland West Airport Knock in my local area, a significant number of people use the airport weekly to commute to work in various parts of the United Kingdom. Ryanair has expressed concern about the open skies policy. On the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: We have heard that the Government wants to secure agreement in five areas. Given the importance of the aviation issue, it is clear that there are more than five areas at issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Will Mr. Barnier negotiate on these issues as opposed to having direct negotiations between the United Kingdom and Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: Can we rest assured that the issue will be addressed early in the negotiations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: It seems that the Central Bank of Ireland is taking a much harder line on measures it must be implement than central banks in other member states. This will have a negative effect in attracting financial service companies to relocate to Ireland rather than elsewhere, including Paris and Frankfurt. It has been brought to our attention a number of times that the Central Bank is taking a much...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: I think that about 200,000 tonnes of New Zealand lamb goes into the UK every year on a quota basis. More than 50 countries have negotiated trade deals with regard to quotas. How will those quotas be designated? Will they be EU quotas, or will they be left with the UK after it is done? How do the witnesses see it working out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)
Paddy Burke: The Irish negotiating team that has been working for the last two years must surely have some ideas on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Thank you, Chairman, for arranging to bring Mr. Sugarman before the committee. I welcome Mr. Sugarman. Why does Mr. Sugarman think he was not invited to the banking inquiry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Did Mr. Sugarman make any submission to the banking inquiry? Did he send in any articles voluntarily?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Did Mr. Sugarman work with other financial institutions before he took up his position with that bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Mr. Sugarman was working here in Dublin as an economist. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Therefore, Mr. Sugarman had all the qualifications. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Mr. Sugarman had the necessary experience when he made those recommendations and brought them to the attention of the Central Bank. He had all the necessary experience and so on. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Did Mr. Sugarman speak to any of his counterparts in any of the other banking institutes or other banks, such as AIB or Bank of Ireland? Did he explain that his bank had a problem? Did he ask whether there were similar problems in any of the other banks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: We know the way bankers meet. We had a situation where one bank was doing bed and breakfast with another bank. Mr. Sugarman had no inkling that the other banks were having problems with liquidity as well. Is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: That is because had they done so they would be guilty of a crime.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)
Paddy Burke: Was Mr. Sugarman surprised at the response he got from the Central Bank?