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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank the Deputy. He is packing in the questions, but I must remind him of his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Dr. Hunt is aware that we have discussed the issue of EBS tied agents at meetings of this committee. That matter has gone through the courts and continues to be raised with the committee in terms of the advance we are making to assist in finding a solution. In 2019, Mr. Justice Jordan stated in the High Court: [I] would have thought that a competent mediator could bring sense to bear and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Before Mr. O'Keeffe comes in, Dr. Hunt is the CEO of the bank and I want to know what his attitude is towards what the judge said in 2019 and whether there is any room for mediation. Mr. O'Keeffe may very well be familiar with the detail of the matter but in terms of getting to an end on this, it is only fair that we would look to the judge's words and determine whether the bank is willing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Does Dr. Hunt see mediation as an option?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Litigation is probably a couple of steps beyond common sense, whereas the judge rightly points out that mediation might be an option. I am just asking Dr. Hunt whether he would consider mediation. His answer seems to indicate that mediation is not an option and the bank is going to litigate this out to the end. I remind him that some of the people who appeared in the Public Gallery on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Would Dr. Hunt consider the EBS tied agents to be stakeholders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: In taking their views into account, would Dr. Hunt not consider that a meeting for the purpose of mediation and the fulfilment of the judge's direction, as it were, is worth considering?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: There is nothing to stop the bank from reversing out of it. If the will is there to do so and the bank wants to deal with legacy issues, I suggest that both parties could very easily stand back from the litigation and attempt to mediate. In most cases, in fact, particularly those to do with banks, judges point to customers and banks going to mediation to resolve issues. It seems to be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Is the case before a particular court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Is it before the Supreme Court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: The witnesses will hardly go back to Mr. Justice Jordan in view of what he said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: It is due back in court then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: Committee members will monitor that situation. I firmly believe that in dealing with legacy issues, the banks should be to the fore and not afraid to deal with them. That takes all stakeholders into account. I am not saying that the law is on the side of EBS. I am saying that common sense would dictate that people who have a grievance should at least try that process. That would be not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

John McGuinness: I was just making the point that the delay being caused is adding to the costs. They are having to go back to the bank with significant costs because of the cost of building materials and many other inputs from builders. It would be helpful if Dr. Hunt came back to give us some detail on that.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jul 2021)

John McGuinness: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for a carer’s allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [35920/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jul 2021)

John McGuinness: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for a carer’s allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [35923/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (7 Jul 2021)

John McGuinness: I want to draw the Minister of State's attention to the fact that rural Ireland is still being left behind in the provision of a proper broadband network. In doing so, I recognise the amount of money that has already been invested by Government in this area but a far greater efficiency in delivery has to be achieved. Beyond Covid, people will work from home a lot more, bigger companies will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (7 Jul 2021)

John McGuinness: I appreciate the work that has been undertaken by the Government in terms of funding and the private sector in terms of the delivery of broadband. I encourage the Minister of State to look at the country as a whole, draw together all of those that are providing broadband and ensure that the gaps in the make-up of each county are delivered on and there is a plan. When people make inquiries...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

John McGuinness: In 2018, the Dáil dealt with two very significant issues. One of them related to the calls for a public inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell. It is the tenth anniversary of the death of this young man and two and a half years into the promised scoping exercise being carried out by a judge. At the time, the Dáil voted overwhelmingly to support a public inquiry. In 2017, I...