Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
9:30 am
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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For example, why would the Department not ensure the Central Bank was given powers to cap interest rates by vulture funds?
Why would that not be given? That would automatically give some sense of security or comfort to those paying more than double what a retail bank pays and left with no choice but to pay it or lose their homes. Why is that never decided upon?