Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

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

Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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It is particularly the case since people cannot now get through to their local branch. That they cannot make a telephone call to speak to anybody within the branch is of concern, especially to people who are already marginalised and the elderly, but also people who just want to talk about their money. At the end of the day, it is their money and it does not belong to the bank. There is an unacceptable set of circumstances on which the Central Bank needs to act.