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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Can I ask Mr. Blažek then-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The size of the market and the capital requirements are two aspects of the Irish market that are different to the other markets that KBC is successfully functioning in. Is there anything else different about the Irish market that adds to KBC's decision to withdraw from the Irish market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that and unfortunately regulation itself can be pro-cyclical. I am a big fan of regulation. Ireland was shockingly deregulated before the last crash, which significantly contributed to that crash. Sometimes there is a regulation lag and it can come too late and therefore have a pro-cyclical effect, which further depresses the market. I understand KBC’s need to speak...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Would Mr. D’Arcy be able to quantify the level of forbearance in proportion to the business loan element that was necessary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Non-performing loans are being sold and they are not being sold to Bank of Ireland but elsewhere. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: They are being sold at a discount. Is that discount commercially sensitive or are we allowed to know what it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I know of businesses, farms and family homes etc. that went into mortgage distress or difficulty with their loans. They made pitches to their banks that they would be able to meet 80% of the debt they had and banks have said “No” to them. At the same time banks have sold on loans at discounts of 40% and 50% to vulture funds or third-party financial institutions. I always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I appreciate it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Has Mr. Blažek ever met the Minister or the Department to discuss what is wrong with the banking market?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: On one hand, the Government is calling on parents to reduce children's social and human interaction and, on the other hand, it has refused to provide for timely PCR tests, free antigen tests or any contact tracing at all in the childcare and early learning sectors. Staff are currently waiting for five days for PCR tests, which is leading to wholesale absences in that sector. They are still...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to meet-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: -----with the stakeholders within the sector.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: But the Government is not contact-tracing in childcare.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Denmark was giving out 500,000 a day.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a detailed breakdown on the moneys spent on online advertising by his Department since he took office; and the specific campaigns that the moneys were spent on. [56152/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update regarding the public conversation on the Well-being Framework for Ireland. [56153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commissions of Investigation (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for a work permit. [58332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide guidance to the live entertainment sector in circumstances in which further Covid-19 restrictions could result in the cancellation of performances and events during the Christmas period (details supplied) in which businesses and event organisers have already made significant financial investment. [58382/21]