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Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Public Interest Directors Responsibilities
Pearse Doherty
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out the responsibilities he believes the role of public interest director in a State owned or partially State owned bank entails. [34328/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Public Interest Directors Issues
Pearse Doherty
228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will put before Dáil Éireann any job description, advice, guidance given to Mr. Alan Dukes on his appointment as a public interest director in Anglo Irish Bank in December 2009. [34329/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Public Interest Directors Issues
Pearse Doherty
229. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if job descriptions were provided for public interest directors as they were appointed to the banks; if they underwent interview procedures or were appointed; the person who made the decisions about their appointments; and if they are reviewed in their roles and how frequently. [34330/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Issues
Pearse Doherty
245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the persons who were the partners and senior executives responsible for conducting the PwC project Atlas - Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc - over the duration of the three parts of the report, phase 1, phase 2, phase 3; if any of the partners or senior executives who were part of the team or were involved in the aforementioned PwC report is part of the team currently valuing the liquidated Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; the names of the partners and senior executives who have worked on both mandates; the total number of staff who have worked on both mandates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34644/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
Pearse Doherty
246. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total number of firms which tendered to the special liquidator for the mandate to value the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; if PwC offered the lowest fees for the job or if there were other criteria which led it to win the valuation mandate; if he will detail such criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34645/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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IBRC Legal Cases
Pearse Doherty
247. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the person who is responsible for assessing whether there is merit in the continuing legal corporate entity of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation suing the former auditors of Irish Nationwide Building Society and current special liquidators of IBRC, KPMG; if he will confirm that IBRC is suing Ernst and Young for its role in auditing Anglo Irish Bank; if he will further confirm that he is considering instructing the special liquidator to sue his own company as special liquidator for the role his company played in auditing Irish Nationwide Building society; if KPMG is not going to be sued by IBRC for the role it played as auditor of Irish Nationwide Building Society, the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34646/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Pearse Doherty
248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the names of the partners and senior management responsible in KPMG for the auditing of Irish Nationwide Building Society and Irish Life and Permanent; if he will confirm if any of these partners, senior managers, or staff members who audited Irish Nationwide Building Society and Irish Life and Permanent are responsible for any of the work currently being undertaken by KPMG in the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will name these partners or senior managers, as well as detailing the total number of staff who have worked on both mandates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34647/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Issues
Pearse Doherty
249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to news reports in Spain that Deloitte may lose its Spanish licence to operate in the country as an auditor as a result of the very serious violations found by the Economy Ministry's ICAC Accounting and Audit Institute in its investigation of the firm's role as Bankia's auditor; if he will confirm whether these types of measure are being considered; if any adverse findings are made against auditors for the way they audited the Irish banks that subsequently required taxpayers' money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Mortgage Arrears Proposals
Pearse Doherty
259. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has received all the information due from the banks on 30 June regarding mortgage targets; if he will set out the number of banks that met the 20% requirement for sustainable solutions for mortgage holders. [34760/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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NAMA Legal Issues
Pearse Doherty
260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent on 17 June from the National Asset Management Agency to a number of litigants in a case in New York, where the issue of Anglo Irish Bank overcharging interest on loans is being heard, the contents of which include an implicit threat to the litigants to cease their action or face potential loan foreclosure and receivership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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NAMA Legal Issues
Pearse Doherty
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to evidence given in a trial currently taking place involving the National Asset Management Agency and a person (details supplied) where it has been alleged that David Drumm in his role in Anglo Irish Bank at the time, agreed to the transfer of interest in a loan that was held in this person's name to other members of their family; if his attention has been drawn to a verbal transfer of loan interest being a practice in Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34763/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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NAMA Loan Book
Pearse Doherty
262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of asset management companies that have been commissioned by the National Asset Management Agency to date; their names; the total value of the assets being managed by these third party companies; the individual and total fees being paid to these third party companies; and his views on NAMA, an asset management company, choosing this policy of commissioning third parties to manage its assets. [34764/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Garda Investigations
Pearse Doherty
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the allegations made in a national newspaper on Tuesday, 9, July by the former Irish Life and Permanent chairman (details supplied), where they state they made a statement to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation on the window dressing of Anglo Irish Bank’s end of year books for 2008 but that there has been no follow-up on their affidavit; and in addition that they were informed that the Anglo Irish Bank life deposits were outside the scope of the investigation. [34765/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Garda Investigations
Pearse Doherty
264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if it was a policy of the Central Bank of Ireland in the years leading up to 2008 and following to allow banks to make deposit transfers between themselves to address deficiencies in end of year accounts; if this was an overt policy of the Central Bank of Ireland or if the bank simply toleratesd the policy, as has been alleged. [34766/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Garda Investigations
Pearse Doherty
265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the statement made by former Irish Life and Permanent chairman (details supplied) that support provided by Irish Life and Permanent to Anglo Irish Bank arose solely as a result of a request by the Central Bank of Ireland and Financial Regulator, and that the two had requested Irish Life and Permanent to protect the stability of the Irish financial system. [34767/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Banking Sector Issues
Pearse Doherty
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Anglo Irish Bank sought as a solution to its difficulties on 29 and 30 September 2008 the provision of short-term liquidity support; and if he will explain the reason an alternative to a blanket guarantee, if proposed, was ruled out. [34780/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer with the Standard Fund Threshold for pensions reduced to the amount proposed by budget 2013; the income ceiling link for pension tax reliefs reduced to €70,000 per annum, and the tax relief for pension contributions standardised. [34782/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
268. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to a person (details supplied) by his Department since vacating the position as Attorney General on 9 March 2011. [34910/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Tax Collection
Pearse Doherty
271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if capital gains tax is collated in such a way as to be able to determine the revenue that would be raised if capital gains tax was higher on vacant land that has benefited in value from rezoning-planning developments; and what the revenue would be if capital gains tax on those occasions was charged at 50%, 60%, 70% and 80%, respectively. [34931/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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IBRC Investigations
Pearse Doherty
272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the papers relating to and furnished to directors at Anglo Irish Bank board meetings provided for the Department of Finance or the Central Bank following the bank guarantee in September 2008; if these papers referenced the existence or content of recordings made at Anglo Irish Bank on employees' telephone lines; if the papers make reference to the Garda requesting these tapes; and the dates the papers were received. [34943/13]