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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: Does KBC plan to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: The witnesses say that KBC has 15 hubs in Ireland. Where are they?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: Does this mean people from Mayo, Sligo or Donegal have to travel to Galway if they want to deal with someone from the bank in person?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: Therefore, there could be a brokerage in some of those regions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: Does KBC entertain small developers who develop five, six or 20 houses or whatever? Does KBC facilitate loans or capital for them to develop projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: On employment, many people work on fixed contracts for five years, seven years, ten years or whatever, and a number of years of the contract may have taken place by the time they apply for a mortgage. Is it taken into account that it is a disadvantage to be on a fixed-term contract rather than be employed on a permanent basis, for example, in the case of the Civil Service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: It may not be a disadvantage in many cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: On small businesses, many people complain about the high overdraft interest rates. I am not talking about KBC but about other banks. What rate does KBC charge for overdrafts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: What is the interest rate on the overdraft that KBC provides with a mortgage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: How many, if any, people have lost their homes because of the mortgage situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paddy Burke: To date, how many people have lost their homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Mr. Mallon and his colleagues. Are the fewer than 40 people who have had redress all household mortgages or are they businesses or buy-to-lets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: The mortgages are all connected to houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: When the bank makes a loan available to a customer, does it advise him or her on the other costs, for example, insurance costs for the house, mortgage protection and insurance for the loss of a job? These costs can be a significant annual cost on top of the mortgage, and many people do not take these into account. Does the bank advise its customers about those charges and what they may be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: I am not going to cover the ground covered by previous speakers, but I have further questions. On the 3,500 customers mentioned, are they all primary residences or is there a breakdown between buy-to-lets and businesses? Has a calculation been done on the 3,500?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: What is the ratio of private residences to buy-to-lets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: I will ask another question. Will the witness outline how the appeals mechanism might work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank (5 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: Are there any cases on appeal already?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: I, too, wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the Cosgrave family on the death of the former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave. One could not put it any better than how Senator Michael McDowell put it. He probably knew him better than most of us in the Chamber and gave a great outline of what he was like. The first time I met the late former Taoiseach was during the famous...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Paddy Burke: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, to the House. I wish him and his colleagues, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, well with the budget. Of course, Deputies Donohoe and D'Arcy are former distinguished Members of this House. Deputy O'Donovan tried his best to get into this House but...