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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (2 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees from Afghanistan who are currently being hosted in the homes of Irish families in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (2 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees resettled in Ireland from Greece under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (details supplied) in each year since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht isteach inniu agus cur i láthair a chur os ár gcomhair. I thank our guests for attending. We greatly appreciate the presentation. I thank them also for the survey results they delivered to us. Some of the figures are incredible. Only 9% of staff feel their branch or department is adequately staffed and this falls to 6% in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Government influencing the direction of the banks at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Where is this review, analysis or forum at the moment? It has been talked about for years and we as a committee put forward a motion calling for a full stakeholder forum. What is the status of it and what is the FSU's input into it at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Was there any input regarding a public banking element into that review and analysis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: In regard to the current crisis, has any analysis of waiting times for customers, whether to call centres or in the branches, been carried out by the FSU or the banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is any audit being conducted with regard to banking skills being lost? If there is a removal of staff, we will lose a large chunk of banking skills that are necessary for the functioning of the banks as well as for society, community and business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We hear multiple experiences of people trying to transition from one bank to another, and Mr. O'Connell mentioned people being given different advice from the banks on what to do. Is there any tracking of the transition time? How long is it taking for someone to move from having an account with KBC or Ulster Bank to having one with one of the other banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there any official role in this process for the FSU? It is the representative of workers within the sector. Is it feeding in to the process in an official capacity at the level of senior banking management?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: In other words, FSU has represented and engaged as best it could but there is no official structure which puts its knowledge at the centre of the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Given the chaos there seems to be in this whole process, it is shocking that the representatives of staff, who are carrying the can and who, according to the FSU's research, are suffering significantly due to the pressure being put on them, do not have an official role in leading this process. In the view of the FSU, how long should the proposed exits be postponed to make sure they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The issue of debts and overdrafts is obviously a big one. Many people - I would say nearly the majority at this stage - are living from overdraft to overdraft because of the cost-of-living crisis. Very few people are covering all of their costs every month without having to dip into some level of overdraft. Those overdrafts are typically secured from people's existing banks due to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Sure. I have one last question. It relates to cash. With regard to the practice of banks retreating from physical banking, which I believe is the result of their profit-oriented nature and comes at a cost to communities and customers, are the banks taking a similar attitude towards cash? Have they decided, based on a cost-benefit analysis, that it is better for there to be less cash in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. O'Connell mentioned the New Zealand system. Kiwibank, which is a public bank accessed through post offices, resulted in a great increase in competition within New Zealand's banking system. Its introduction had a very health effect on the functioning of New Zealand's banking system while also making its post offices profitable and functional, allowing more to stay open. The banking...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (14 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that his Department has given to organisations (details supplied) in each of the past five years; if his Department has given money to organisations that have board members, directors, staff and employees that were members of former or existing paramilitary organisations; if so, the name of these organisations; the level of funding that has been given to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (14 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been raised in tolls on the East Link Bridge in each of the past 20 years; and if the Government will reduce or scrap the tolls to ease the cost-of-living burden on commuters. [29254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that are being undertaken by the State to expand flood-relief measures beyond built-up areas (details supplied) in County Wexford to support low-lying houses in the area which are at risk from flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 457. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on a meeting with officials from her Department regarding the live performance support scheme (details supplied). [30847/22]