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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: What advantages do you think have been gained from restructuring the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank into a single regulatory authority? And has there been any review since the changes were made of how it's running and how it's doing?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Has there been a review yet of any of the activity or is it too soon?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: So it would have to require a review.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: When you were being interviewed for the Wright report in 2010, I understand that you criticised the pro-cyclical budgets of former Governments. Do you believe now that sufficient controls are in place to ensure that the domestic budgetary rules and the EU Stability and Growth Pact will be strictly adhered to in future?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: How are the views of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council fed into the budgetary process?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I'm not asking that.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Okay.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: But is it a view, Minister, or advice or ... or an assessment? How would you-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Is it something to be disregarded?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: What-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: What measures have you put in place to ensure that cyclical revenues are not being used to meet ongoing expenses?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I know that you've committed to Deputy Higgins that you'll provide the detail of the €12.7 billion that came from related levies and bank ... dispositive investments and so on. But can I just whether or not that money went to the Exchequer or to the bank's balance sheets?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Okay. You've talked a little----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: You've talked a little bit in your statement about the banks and the restructuring of the banks. So how would you describe the attitude of banks now, in the post-crisis era, and do you think enough has been done to share the burden with mortgage holders?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Has enough been done for people with mortgages? Has that part of the equation ... I mean, we can always say there's not enough but, really, has there been enough?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: When Mr. Buti ... In Mr. Buti's statement in evidence, he said, "After the completion of the programme in December 2013 the current minister for finance indicated in public that the Troika had not imposed one single measure on Ireland."

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: When Mr. Chopra was giving evidence, he, at the end, said that ... he described the IMF's role in the troika as "a junior partner". How ... what was your view of that? Would you share that view?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Okay. The principals group replaced or superseded the domestic standing group. Do you think that the principals group is an effective structure for co-ordinating communication and actions? And would you describe the reporting relationship between that group and you, in the Minister ... you know, is it ... how does it work?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Do they meet on a regular basis or on an ad hocbasis?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (10 Sep 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Economic Management Council ... there has obviously been criticism of it as being an effective cabinet, or a cabinet without Cabinet or however you want to describe it. It didn't exist in the previous Government. Is it something that is here as a temporary measure because of the state we found ourselves in or is it a permanent fixture now, do you believe? And what is your view of the...