Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

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

Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland

Mr. John O'Connell:

We are still seeing people leaving those banks on a weekly basis because we monitor it. It is very hard because the banks are very opaque with the numbers. There is no doubt, based on information from their websites, that they are recruiting. However, they are also letting people go. It could be a zero-sum game for all we know. This comes back to the transparency issue. What are their staffing levels on 1 January 2022 and what are their staffing levels today?