Committee On Finance

Minister for Public Expenditure defends new salary of €292,000 for next secretary general in Department of Health

Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy critical of €90,000 pay rise for incoming secretary general

FSU in dispute with Belgian lender for failing to address workers’ concerns

At least 25 incidents relate to ‘staged accidents’, Oireachtas committee told

Joe Healy says short-term, debt-recovery tactics damaging agriculture sector

Frankfurt’s top man accepts invitation to discuss banking sector and tracker controversy

Businesses ‘shafted’ over PPP project to build five schools, Oireachtas committee hears

Draft legislation would introduce Mortgage Resolution Office with wide powers

Oireachtas Finance Committee accuses competition agency of being afraid of banks

Net Results: Government must be aware of citizen rights when drafting database plans

Company pointshh to ‘downside risks’ amid current surge in office development

European Commission investigating at least four brokers over anti-competitive practices

Sale of loans was not done on the open market, contrary to normal Nama policy

Permanent TSB boss told he needn’t turn up for a grilling on bank practices until autumn

Bin charges are the latest example of a system unable to tackle basic issues such as house prices and car insurance

FG and FF agree resources will be split on 2:1 ratio between investment and tax cuts

Developers can earn €20,000 on newly built home that sells for €300,000 – McDonagh

Agency now predicts that it will generate a surplus of €2 billion by the time it completes its work

Temporary inquiries are no substitute for properly resourced oversight agencies

Banks set for collision course with Government over mortgage rates

Lifting of the in-camera rule could have ‘a chilling effect’ on taxpayers

Housing charity Threshold calls for legislative changes to protect such households

Customers of four banks appearing before Oireachtas committee face losing homes

Was there a conflict of interest between role as chair of Forum on Philanthropy and role as a lobbyist?

Scheme would allow wealthy individuals to stay an extra six weeks for €5m lump sum

Officials brief all-party Oireachtas committee

Period after State emerges from bailout could be a time of even ‘greater hopelessness’, committee hears

Oireachtas Finance Committee hears pre-Budget submissions on taxation

Finance committee to hear from Social Justice Ireland, Simon Community and St Vincent de Paul

Richie Boucher says bank had to be profitable as it had responsibilities to stakeholders

Chief executive Jim Brown says criteria must be realistic and wide enough to take into account individual circumstances

Kevin Humphreys claims giving sensitive forecasts to unelected council undermines Oireachtas

Frank Flannery says tax exile rich should be targeted in project to promote giving

Development follows release of contents from Anglo Irish Bank tapes

Number of speeches made at European Parliament also falls, research reveals

Department of Finance release first formal projections for spending and tax revenues beyond 2015

Legislation from mid-90s allows for unregulated charge increases