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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: -----if it is accepted and there is not a counter argument to what Mr. O'Sullivan has said, or I am certainly not aware of one. What he has described, on the face of it, sounds to be persuasive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Are there any other questions on this issue? If any occur to colleagues, they can return to it before we conclude and if the witnesses want to add anything further during the general discussion we will have later, they can do so. I thank Mr. Gunning for his attendance. I mentioned that he is a member of the dormant accounts board but emphasise that he is not here on behalf of that board....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: I understand legislation has gone through the Houses-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: To row back a bit on that, I ask Mr. Gunning to tell us why that would be a good idea and he should not assume colleagues have too high a level of knowledge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: This would be a means to do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Historically, why has that not occurred? Why has it not been applied?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: I interrupted Mr. Gunning when he was about to tell us about the instrument through which this could be done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Excuse the naive character of my question but the legislation that is going through the Houses will bring under the Minister's remit the disbursement of funds. I am speaking here about the generality of dormant funds. Is there a role for the process in what Mr. Gunning has in mind or would this be separate to that? Would it be a separate track of dormant funds disbursement by the credit...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: I invite Mr. Gunning to make a note of those points Deputy Mathews has just made. He will remind Mr. Gunning of them if he forgets. I will take questions from other members before Mr. Gunning replies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: It happens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Members of this committee are well versed in asking questions that have been asked already but in a slightly different way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Deputy Heather Humphreys was expressing a general view in respect of this and felt that there was already a contribution-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: A job for somebody, although I do not know for whom.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Deputy Donohoe asked a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: I thank Mr. Gunning. I welcome Ms Byrne from the UCC centre for co-operative studies. We have her submission in which a number of issues are identified. I believe we got additional documentation from Ms Byrne-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: -----which was very helpful. We will go through each of the issues on which members may have questions. The first has to do with lending, and Ms Byrne refers to head 6 of the scheme. She states that the requirement that a loan ought to be made for provident or productive purposes should remain in the Act. What is the proposal in that respect? Is Ms Byrne saying it has been taken out and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: What is the rationale for removing the provision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: Many of the objections outlined to us suggest proposals are unduly restrictive on credit unions. This appears to be the opposite in that it opens up possibilities. I am not expressing a view but stating it appears a restriction is being removed. I may be wrong.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: We will stick with Ms Byrne, but I take the Deputy's point. Ms Byrne believes the provision is important and ethical and should be retained.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)
Alex White: That is interesting.