Written answers
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Department of Finance
Ministerial Meetings
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 February 2015, if he will indicate which of the meetings listed he was personally in attendance at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10614/15]
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 February 2015, if he will provide similar information for 2013, and which of these meetings he was personally in attendance at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10615/15]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 and 54 together.
The list below sets out meetings with private equity firms since the beginning of 2013 attended by Department of Finance officials. As previously stated, the topics discussed at these meetings would have been varied, ranging from broad interests in investment in Ireland to discussions regarding NAMA, IBRC, the REIT framework, the construction sector and direct lending, among other topics. In addition, senior officials attend group meetings and conferences arranged by investment banks and stockbrokers as well as presenting at conferences.
* Meetings which were attended by the Minister.
| Firm | Meeting Dates |
|---|---|
| Albourne Partners Hedge Fund Conference | 25/09/13* |
| Apollo | 14/03/13*; 27/03/13; 10/05/13; 17/07/13*; 13/08/13; 16/12/13 |
| Ardstone Capital | 19/12/13 |
| Baupost | 04/03/13; 18/04/13 |
| Blackrock | 11/04/13; 09/07/13; 24/09/2013 |
| Blackstone | 16/04/13; 17/04/13; 16/07/13; 30/09/13 |
| Davidson Kempner | 05/06/13 |
| Hibernia REIT | 11/12/13 |
| ING (Hosting a number of Dutch investors) | 14/05/13 |
| Kennedy Wilson | 27/02/13; 15/05/13; 14/12/13 |
| Kildare Partners | 10/12/13 |
| Kinsale Capital | 14/05/13 |
| Kish Capital | 04/03/13 |
| KKR | 18/07/13 |
| Lone Star | 21/05/13; 16/05/13; 13/08/13; 18/12/13 |
| Macquarie Capita l | 15/03/13 |
| Marathon Assest Management | 22/05/13 |
| Moore Capital | 08/02/13 |
| Ontario Investment Fund | 22/02/13 |
| Sankaty | 02/12/13 |
| Starwood Capital | 17/05/13 |
| Firm | Meeting Dates |
|---|---|
| Angelo, Gordon Europe LLP | 30/05/14 |
| Apollo | 13/02/14 |
| Ardstone Capital | 30/10/14 |
| Broadhaven | 09/09/14; 24/10/14; 09/01/15 |
| Canyon Capital | 17/10/14 |
| Capital International | 06/11/14 |
| Cardinal Capital | 26/09/14 |
| CarVal | 18/06/14 |
| Cerberus | 28/03/14 |
| Corsair | 24/09/14; 19/11/14 |
| Davidson Kempner | 26/03/14; 01/07/14 |
| Highfield Capital | 29/09/14 |
| Kildare Partners | 13/05/14; 18/09/14 |
| King Street Capital | 10/09/2014* |
| KKR | 26/02/14; 16/07/14* |
| Lone Star | 23/01/14*; 28/01/14; 08/05/14*; 26/11/14* |
| Moore Capital | 16/01/14 |
| Ping An | 11/02/15 |
| Soros | 30/10/14 |
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the meetings he, or officials of his Department, have had in 2013, 2014, and to date in 2015, with representatives of advocacy on behalf of distressed mortgage holders and persons whose mortgages have been or may be sold to third parties; if he will indicate those meeting in which he was personally in attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10616/15]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Based on a reasonable search of the material available in my Department in respect of meetings held with the main consumer advocacy groups, the meetings held between my officials and representatives of advocacy are shown below. I was not personally in attendance at any of these meetings.
Meeting with Brendan Burgess 16 April 2013.
Meeting with Brendan Burgess and a University College Cork academic 10 December 2013.
Meeting with David Hall Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (IMHO) 7 February 2014
Meeting with Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) 17 September 2014.
Meeting with New Beginnings 11 December 2014.
Meeting with Stepchange 10 February 2015
These meetings do not include informal discussions in the margins of other events/engagements.
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