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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I know that.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. McWilliams gave a two year guarantee.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. McWilliams articulated a two year guarantee.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, but Mr. McWilliams articulated a two year guarantee.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have limited time. I am asking a very specific question.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: My question is a more specific one. Mr. McWilliams always articulated in the past that bondholders in a free market are risky capital. The blanket guarantee that was put in place guaranteed risky capital and subordinated debt. He articulated this in his article of the 28th of September and in his book at page 22, where, speaking to the Minister, he said, "However, I argued because the...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Two years is not a temporary guarantee. What happened at the meeting between Mr. McWilliams and the Minister on 4 October that caused the relationship to go sour?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is a banking inquiry and we are speaking about neo-liberalism in terms of what Professor McDonough feels were the policies pursued since 1987. Can he condense his philosophy and the economic and social model he would espouse and like to see? He referred to a creative process. Could he define it in a word?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: How would Professor McDonough finance this?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Define that in terms of rates and the tax base?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are talking about all across the range - income tax, corporation tax-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would Professor McDonough be talking about wealth tax?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have two more quick questions. How could the type of model Professor McDonough has articulated and espoused have prevented the banking crisis? What measures would he like to see put in place now, which he feels would prevent a future bank crisis?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Professor McDonough spoke earlier about controls over the flow of credit. In practical terms, how could the Government of the time and the Central Bank have done that? What impact would higher taxes have on employment growth?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I hope I will not be going over old ground with my questions as I had to step out of the meeting for a time. Typically, how long does it take for an appeal hearing in the current system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Typically, how long is a person waiting for an appeal hearing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are there issues about the process or resources that would speed up the appeals process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is my question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many people are currently in the appeals process and waiting to go into the process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many Appeal Commissioners are there?