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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Ms Howard think there is a general awareness on the part of those 20,000 customers, but they simply will not take any active steps themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How many other staff does Ulster Bank have? What is its plan in respect of redundancies for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ultimately, every member of staff will either be made redundant or will go elsewhere voluntarily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the final date for when the last of the redundancies will be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will Ulster Bank hand back its licence to the Central Bank as the final act in its wind-down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the quantity of money in the accounts that KBC has frozen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are many of them non-resident account holders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: When will the redundancy package KBC is offering will be concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Mr. Jansen a question, since he has experience of banking outside of Ireland as well. I am sure Ms Howard does, too. There is considerable disappointment on the part of this committee that KBC is leaving, primarily, because it reduces competition in the Irish banking sector. How many banks that offer personal banking services does a country the size of Ireland need in order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why do we only have two of what we would regard as banks that offer personal service in the traditional way? Is that sufficient for competition here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will Ms Howard hazard an answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do I take from what Ms Howard is saying that she thinks the stability of the three banks we have is more important than having a lot of competition in the market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: When will that be done?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [4696/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: The programme for Government commits the Government to step up funding for high-performance sport. The Taoiseach will be aware of one of our most successful sporting teams, the Leinster Rugby team, which, as the Taoiseach knows, plays its matches at home in the RDS. I know the Taoiseach has been there recently and he will no doubt be aware the condition of it is very poor. The grandstand...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister. As he indicated, his title has changed since his appointment in December. I am sure he will agree that a change in title is not sufficient and that there has to be a change in function and expertise within the Department to ensure there is delivery of the NDP. How does he see resources within the Department being allocated to ensure there is not just a change in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister. How does he envisage the interaction between his Department and other Departments in respect of the delivery of the NDP? Looking at two areas, the NDP has a big responsibility, for instance, in the delivery of public housing and of infrastructure in respect of climate. What does the Minister see as being the interaction between his Department and the Department of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is the Minister satisfied that we are not simply seeing a change of nomenclature and that there will be actual changes in governance and delivery from his Department as a result of the change in responsibilities?