File 3 - Council of State 2010

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UGA P143/2/5/3

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Council of State 2010

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  • 30/09/2010-22/12/2010

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Material relating to meeting of The Council of State (COS) convened by President Mary McAleese, held at Áras an Uachtaráin [official residence of the President of Ireland],21/12/2010, to allow her to consult with the COS on "whether the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 should be referred by the President to the Supreme Court for a decision on the question as to whether the Bills or any specified provision or provisions thereof are repugnant to the Constitution or to any provision thereof."

Material includes notice from Adrian O'Neill, Secretary General to the President convening Council of State meeting on, 21/12/2010; print out of Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010, as initiated; print out of Opinion of the European Central Bank of 17 December 2010 on emergency stabilisation of credit institutions (CON/2010292); Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 Explanatory Memorandum; transcript extracts from Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 Second Stage Dáil Éireann Debate, 15/12/2010, and Seanad Éireann Debate, 16/12/2010, and Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 Committee and Remaining Stages Seanad Éireann Debate, 16/12/2010; Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 Second Stage speech by Dr Martin Mansergh TD, Minister of State and Department of Finance, 15/12/2010; Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 Seanad Second Stage speech by Dr Martin Mansergh TD, Minister of State and Department of Finance, 16/12/2010; photocopy of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008; photocopy of Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 4 April 2001 on the reorganisation and winding up of credit institutions; print out of European Communities (Reorganisation and Winding-Up of Credit Institutions) Regulations 2004; Minister's Statement on banking, 30/09/2010; print out of press coverage of matter, including photograph of the members of the COS, 14-22/12/2010; photocopies and print outs of letters / emails sent to President McAleese from members of staff at Allied Irish Bank (AIB), 17-21/12/2010.

[The passing of the Bill cleared the way for the Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan, to make sweeping changes to the banking sector including nationalising AIB].

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      12/02/2025
      04/07/2025

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