Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Bank Charges: Discussion with Central Bank and ISME
2:50 pm
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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That is absurd. It equates to negotiating a ceiling with a customer and telling him or her that in 17 years' time it can be increased to whatever rate the bank wants. No business person in the world would accept that. It is a blank cheque for the banks, not to put too fine a point on it. I am lost. I am trying to comprehend whether I am correct.