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- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: In yesterday's budget, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal O'Donohoe, made reference to the new accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick, which is an outstanding facility but is only one part of the equation. The second part of the equation is the building of a 96 acute bed unit alongside the new accident and emergency department. I hope that when the new...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----I was calling for it long before 2009.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I was calling for it long before 2009.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will raise two matters. The first is pensions for homemakers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will find a mechanism.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have raised the issue of homemakers many times in this House. There are some people who do not qualify for any form of pension and others who qualify for reduced pensions. I expect the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to come to the House to discuss this issue. Many homemakers are farmers' wives and we have discussed family farms and stamp duty with the Minister for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: The witnesses' stories are very stark. I am from Limerick, where we deal with people like this at all stages. The witnesses are a few of many and it is fantastic that they have gone public. Mr. Kissane has dealt with the banks. We have had them here repeatedly, as well as the Central Bank, in respect of the trackers. I find it astounding that the banks do not have the information at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why, then, is the Central Bank affording the banks so much time to comply with the review? Is it credible that the Central Bank does not have the power to insist on the banks coming forward with the information in a matter of weeks? To the ordinary person looking in, it appears that the tail is wagging the dog. The banks are telling the Central Bank they cannot come up with the information...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I personally do not believe it is credible that this is taking so long. Given the level of sophistication they are at, I believe the banks are kicking the can down the road. When representatives of the Central Bank appear before the committee next week, we need to be told why this is taking so long. On the issue of ensuring it is accurate, I have heard-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: When did Mr. Kissane bring the issue of tracker mortgages and the rip-off to the attention of the Central Bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was the Central Bank too late in moving to carry out this review and put this redress in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I did not say that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Customer Experience (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: If there is a lax regulation regime, the banks will drive on. The Central Bank is the regulator. What have Ms Grogan, Ms Melbourne, Mr. Ryan and Ms Byrne learned from this traumatic experience? What would they like to see happening now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Have you packed the bags?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the deputations. Maybe I am going over old ground, but I want to ask a question on the financial structure and capital. Who owns the bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is a board. That is the structure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who decides who goes on the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who selects the supervisory board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation, Irish Rural Link and Public Banking Forum of Ireland (12 Oct 2017)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are the profits earned by the local regional bank paid by dividend, or where do these profits go? Are they paid out?