Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:00 am
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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We are in a country that two banks have left, with all of the consequences that means for the people who work in them, for the taxes we collect and for the lending we need to build more homes and support SMEs. Two banks left this country, including Ulster Bank, which was present here for decades. We get to a point where I understand the arguments the Deputy is making-----