Is Ireland a Tax Haven?
Ever heard of Gizmo Enterprises? No me neither, until I came up with the imaginary mutlinational at the Joint Subcommittee at Global Taxation. It was part of a discussion with Continue Reading →
Author: Stephen
Government must create a sustainable mortgage arrears strategy
This week we met the bankers. Our job – to find out if and how they were hitting their mortgage arrears targets. I took three things from the meetings. First, Continue Reading →
Discussing the banks on Prime Time
I was on RTE’s Prime Time after the appearances of four major banks at the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. Having spent 12 hours this week Continue Reading →
PTSB at the Finance Committee
Permanent TSB were the last bank to appear before the Finance Committee this week to discuss how they are dealing with the Mortgage Arrears Crisis. The fact that PTSB is Continue Reading →
Ulster Bank at the Finance Committee
Ulster Bank was in front of the banking module of the Finance Committee. Like the other banks they maintained that they did meet the targets for making offers for sustainable Continue Reading →
Bank of Ireland’s mortgage deals: Debtors will pay more
Bank of Ireland paid a visit to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. I discussed the flawed approach to solving the mortgage arrears crisis with Chief Executive, Continue Reading →