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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: So is it the case that you would've viewed the June budgetary strategy memo as, not so much the Department's advice as to what to do for the following year, but as the starting point for negotiations?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: So do you accept or not that your budget packages for each year, bar one, were in excess of what the Department recommended?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Is that why you were sent to Brussels?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (1 Jul 2015)

Michael McGrath: Well, I'm giving you an opportunity to answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Funding (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has taken over the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, which was previously operated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in 2014 and prior years, whereby supplies of cheese, rice and butter were distributed to charities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25720/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, in respect of named firms and persons who received over €20,000 in respect of work for the National Asset Management Agency, under the following headings, in 2014 - portfolio transition costs; portfolio management fees; legal fees, finance, communication and technology costs; rent and occupancy costs,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the individual amounts that former National Asset Management Agency employees received while on gardening leave last year from the €400,000 paid out under the heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25797/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if bonus payments have been paid to National Treasury Management Agency and National Asset Management Agency staff in 2014 and 2015; his views as to whether staff at the National Asset Management Agency should receive bonus payments in order to retain staff at the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has issued any guidance to financial institutions, in terms of assessing loan applications, on the issue of considering evidence of gambling transactions on the bank statements of persons who have applied to the institution for a loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26258/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 to be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 709. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a project (details supplied) in County Meath has been refused funding by her Department and/or the Arts Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26304/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (30 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: 710. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the review of the Brú na Boinne management plan in respect of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation World Heritage status; when the residents can expect to receive feedback on submissions made; the reason there has been no communication from her Department to residents in the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Thank you, Chair. You're very welcome back, Governor Honohan. Can I start by asking you about your official report, where you refer to the over-reliance in the financial stability reports from the Central Bank on the annual stress tests and even the stress tests in the summer of 2008 provided a reassuring picture. How has the Central Bank addressed this over-reliance since? And do you...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: On page 9 of your witness statement, you refer back to the issue of the guarantee and you make the point that its impact has been over-analysed and I think, for the first time, you put a figure on the potential costs of that decision as opposed to an alternative decision which might have involved trying to bail in the bondholders of Anglo and INBS, and you put a figure of somewhere between...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Can I take you, Governor, to September 2010, when the future of Anglo Irish Bank was under serious consideration? And I recall at that time and I believe it was 7 September 2010, when a number of Members of the Oireachtas were invited to a private briefing in the offices of Anglo Irish Bank on Burlington Road and I attended at that time. I think there were, perhaps, over 20 Members of the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Chief financial officer, yes.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Okay-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: Essentially, Governor Honohan, they were lobbying TDs on the eve of a Government decision-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (25 Jun 2015)

Michael McGrath: -----and they were lobbying in favour of ensuring a future for Anglo Irish Bank or-----