Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I could take the example of the west, however. An ATM could be taken out of Connemara and moved into Galway city. The ATM would still be in the west and the same region, albeit an urban part of the region. The people in Connemara who used to have access to an ATM within 5 km, however, will now have to travel 25 km to Galway city to access it. There will probably be another ATM between those areas. I used Dublin as an example, but I hear Mr. Palmer's point regarding the regional solution. That is welcome and I see what the Department is trying to do. I understand that it is trying to set criteria, but it is our job to tease this out in pre-legislative scrutiny.

I ask the witnesses to provide the definition of limited ATMs.

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