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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Having read over the Deloitte report again, as alluded to in the earlier round of questions, KPMG had done a quality assessment which identified problems in governance inside the bank. If I understand this correctly, this led to the setting up of the internal audit. The person who carried out the internal audit has stated that information is being suppressed and was then subsequently let...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think it is quite worrying. The time lag is an issue. The whole process began in 2012 and yet by the of 2015, we still have not rectified the problems that were initially identified. It is still a work in progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is reasonable advice, but are banks allowed to do this? Having done a deal, is a bank within its rights to blacklist a customer because of a failure to discharge the conditions of an original loan, a loan which everybody knows was problematic? This is not somebody who ran off and did not pay, this is somebody who has put in financial statements, who has made their precise economic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will not pursue it any further except to say I have read the Deloitte & Touche report and it did not shed any great light on the rights and wrongs of this situation. It does carry a lot of weight with me that a professional association would advise somebody not to suppress findings. If Professor Lane is saying that reforms took place subsequently in the areas identified in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Professor Lane. On 10 January I received a communication, including a protected disclosure in respect of the Central Bank, from somebody who describes himself or herself as a whistleblower. I am assuming it is the same communication Deputy Mary Lou McDonald received prior to Christmas because they sound pretty similar. Obviously, the person in question is not happy with how the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector and Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have some more questions but I could-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Posthumous Pardon (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to ensure that the recent pardon in the name of a person (details supplied) be corrected to reflect their correct name (details supplied), this correct name being the name used on all other legal documents through the years. [2741/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Posthumous Pardon (26 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the pardon in the name of a person (details supplied) be corrected to include the following: "And Whereas on 17 April 1941 the Attorney General refused him leave to appeal to the Supreme Court". [2742/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I slightly disagree with Deputy Crowe, although I generally agree with his analysis.

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There is nothing to recommend TTIP, the Trade in Services Agreement, TISA, the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA, the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement or any of these so-called free trade treaties. They are nothing more than the next phase in the corporate takeover of economic life with a very serious consequence for democracy, essentially bypassing and subverting normal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (21 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of suggestions and examples of other countries where reforestation of the uplands with native species is a key measure in mitigating flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated unit focused on ensuring native forestry is used as a climate change mitigation measure, given recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2206/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned closure of the Coolevin unit in St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park in County Dublin, including the rationale for the closure and the alternatives that will be offered to the patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if we need to establish the living wage of €11.50 as a new minimum wage to combat low pay and the phenomena of the working poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2095/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-hour Contracts (20 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he will take to address zero-hour and low-hour contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2096/16]

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have been recategorised.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (19 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is sufficiently robust oversight in relation to State procurement and contracts to ensure that all those contracted to do works or to provide services to the State are fully compliant in areas such as tax, social protection, health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (19 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the dramatic reduction in the number of public servants since 2008 has impacted adversely on the provision of public services and if a major recruitment drive is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1942/16]

Other Questions: Tax Compliance (14 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance his stance on the European Union investigation into Apple's tax affairs here over recent years, particularly given the potential enormous sums at stake for the Irish Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1345/16]

Other Questions: Tax Compliance (14 Jan 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The EU Commission suspects that Apple owes this State up to €19 billion in taxes. It suspects that Apple evaded those taxes. That money could be used to solve our housing and hospital crises and to build the water infrastructure that this country needs without a requirement for water charges. It seems that the Minister does not want this money, however. Why does he not want it,...