Results 18,121-18,140 of 26,053 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to property-specific revenue.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: When Mr. Murphy referred to 7%, was it 7% of the income of the Irish Examiner or 7% of the overall income of Thomas Crosbie Holdings?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: The figure is for the Irish Examinerrevenue specifically. Is that the case?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Murphy ever have a situation where he would have been contacted by, say, an auctioneer or developer about critical comments in the Irish Examinerunder Mr. Vaughan's jurisdiction?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: On a point of information, Senator Michael D'Arcy asked Mr. Vaughan whether he had written an editorial about a soft landing. There was one on 7 August 2007 entitled "Soft landing to cushion fall in prices." Did the fact that there was so much competition between the various newspapers influence the coverage of the property market generally? This is as much a question for Mr. Murphy.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would there ever be a situation in which the Irish Examiner would refuse advertising?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Not in property?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the editor of the property supplement, Mr. Tommy Barker, report to Mr. Vaughan? Was Mr. Vaughan the senior editor?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would Mr. Vaughan have an input into the content of the property supplement?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would Mr. Vaughan ever have asked for something to be changed in the property supplement that he felt might have conflicted in some way with the main body of the newspaper?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will return to the overall thrust of our inquiry, which is the banking crisis. On page 5 of Dr. Byrne’s statement she refers to “undue, but not illegal, influence by vested interests over regulation of policy making”. What role did the influence of vested interests have in the banking crisis?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: We need empirical evidence.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Byrne spoke about political reforms. What jurisdictions worldwide have such political reforms in place to make the political system appear transparent and fair to the public?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Which of them are operating the most effectively?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Which system for funding Irish political parties would Dr. Byrne advocate?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Which system is more robust, our multi-seat system or the UK's single-seat system?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. McDonald. His expertise is on what happened with the environment and building. With all his writings over the years, was he ever approached or contacted by bankers, developers, government or officials in Departments about his writings?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: About a critical comment. Clearly, Mr. McDonald has written three or four publications that were quite critical. He has also written extensively in the The Irish Timeson various aspects over the period. Was he contacted by people on what he had said?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: What was the tone of those comments, by way of example?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (12 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did bankers make an approach?