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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if persons in receipt of a British pension can apply for reimbursement of costs for healthcare treatment received in another EU member state under the cross-border directive scheme; if there are other arrangements in place that allow persons in receipt of a British pension to apply for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10655/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: The issue with coming in last is that usually many of the questions I was going to ask have been already asked. I will, therefore, start with a different kind of angle. Regarding sponsorship deals and sports sponsorship deals, how many of these is AIB involved in and how much are they worth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I was referring more to a national level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: How much is that worth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. That is fair enough. I would not want AIB to jeopardise anything like that. My own local GAA club would not be too happy with me. The question then is how these sponsorship deals work. Do these also result in engagements by sports stars? Would they have to engage in particular speaking events or things like this? Does this kind of activity come into the sponsorship deals usually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. I thank Mr. Kinsella. I asked that question because I am aware that with some organisations this is a thing. I thank Mr. Kinsella for that information. Turning to the write-downs the witnesses are in front of this committee to discuss, and I am not asking them to name any names or anything like that, do they know the breakdown in terms of people who might be connected to those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank Mr. O'Keeffe. It is fair enough if he cannot give the information, but I imagine he will understand it is a fair enough question for people to ask. Regarding someone who received a write-down, what information must the bank pass on to the central credit register, CCR?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. Where a home is repossessed or offered up, or whatever the correct term might be for this process, would it be AIB's policy that the residual debt would be written off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. In the case where someone takes out multiple loans for multiple properties, does the family home come into question in terms of personal guarantees?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I would like if the witnesses could give me a general background. It can be as broad as they want it to be. To be fair, we do not deal with many of these things daily. In that context, it would be useful to have as much information as the witnesses would like to give. Much of the time, people come before our committee and then say they did not get the opportunity to say everything they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: No, that is okay. I take Mr. O'Keeffe's point

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: If it does not, I am sure the witnesses will be more than happy to come in front of the committee again, if needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Hopefully, that will not be the case. It will be understood, of course, that for us it is important all our constituents are treated equally, no matter what their backgrounds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Okay. To be honest, my main line of questioning would have been to get this further detail concerning this context. I fully understand the witnesses are coming before this committee and saying clearly that there are no biases and that the bank has the requisite structures and policies in place in this regard. It is not that I am suggesting, in any way, shape or form, that this is not...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I welcome this amendment. The Minister and Deputy Shortall will be aware of my own Bill and the amendments I submitted on Committee Stage, which were not accepted, which proposed to introduce criminal sanctions for criminal infringements. As I argued then, I do not believe administrative sanctions would be a strong enough deterrent. I also proposed shortening the review period of the...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Deputy Shortall's amendment is a positive one, and I take on board what she said about smaller parties having the ability to engage. That is a valid point. If she pursues it, I will follow that with interest. The amendment, which will require the gathering of more information with regard to details of payments received or fees charged, could be very helpful and it would be interesting to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht os comhair an choiste. I look forward to our engagement. I thank the witnesses for taking the time to come before the committee. My first question is for the ESRI. With regard to the model, Dr. de Bruin stated that the results show that the proposed carbon tax increase has the potential to reduce emissions by approximately 16% by...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: In the interests of clarity, what is that 16% based on? Is it that people just cannot afford it? Is that what Dr. de Bruin means.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I am thinking of those people who do not have the means. I do not mean this in an argumentative way; I am just trying to figure it out. I am referring to people I deal with. I wonder what type of people Dr. de Bruin is referring to. Is she talking about a certain class of people? I just do not know how the people I deal with will be able to make a switch.