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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: No, I did not; I asked Mr. Blair how come he has such little knowledge of West Register.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Let me ask Mr. Blair the question again. The question I asked originally was how come he has so little knowledge of West Register.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Blair was a director until June 2011.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this point. I put it to Mr. Blair that he deliberately concealed the fact that he was a director of that company from this committee today in response to questions from Senator Horkan and the Chair. When I put it to Mr. Blair that he had so little knowledge of the company he answered by saying he was not involved in a separate entity, namely, GRG, but at no time did he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Blair recall that he was a director? Can we clarify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: My recollection of the committee - we can look at the transcripts but Senator Horkan might like to interject here - is that a direct question was put to Mr. Blair about the accounts in the context of his directorship. Mr. Blair answered that he was not a director of West Register and was never a director of the group, which this committee never claimed he was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Blair was a director of the company at a time when assets of customers of the bank were being seized or moved into the company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: During the years in which Mr. Blair was a director of the company he does not know what the company was doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay, Mr. Blair said that he does not recall what the company was doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: What was the purpose of the company at the time when Mr. Blair was a director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: How did it acquire the assets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Blair may, I am sure, write to the Chairman with that clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We can furnish Mr. Blair with a transcript of the questions that were put to him, including those from Senator Horkan and me, in respect of him denying being a director of the company and speaking of how he had little knowledge of the workings of the company of which he was a director for a number of years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Let us be fair here. Let us say that Mr. Blair said that he did not recall. He did not recall an hour ago being director of both companies. Is that the case? Is that what he is saying now? Is he saying that an hour ago, when the Senator asked him the question, his position is that he did not recall being a director of these companies for a period of a couple of years. Is that his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes lost or that are being examined as possible losses as a result of overcharging on tracker mortgages, by lender, to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42006/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a change to the rules to include the warehoused element of a split mortgage as a non-performing loan would alter the capital requirements of each Irish bank in view of the ECB's capitalisation rules and buffers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal from a group (details supplied) regarding the introduction of a foreign minimum tax requirement in tandem with the proposed reduction in the US corporate tax rate to 20%; if he has conducted a risk impact assessment of these proposed changes to the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42022/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend the flood relief scheme for farmers in County Donegal administered by his Department. [41993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (4 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend the flood relief scheme for farmers in County Donegal in response to the concerns of farmer representative organisations; and if he will ensure that all categories of farmers are fully compensated for their losses. [41994/17]