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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: Are they taking a valuation of how the contingent losses are built in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: Does AIB's preferred way of realising the value in the bank involve one institutional investor, or multiple institutional investors? How does the bank see this playing out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: I thank the delegates for their time and ask them to keep up the good work.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that their appeal to backdate carer's allowance was refused; and if further information provided by the applicant will be considered. [43862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (20 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the recruitment plans for An Garda Síochána; and the timeframe for such recruitment. [44574/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has made a finding regarding a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44873/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the net income margin being generated from variable rate mortgages within all banks in which the State is a stakeholder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44932/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money drawn down by Kerry County Council for damages to coastal areas due to storm damage in the early part of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Research (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 302. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the research undertaken by Tusla to examine best practice models for service delivery to survivors and victims of sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44870/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 303. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to change the current system of funding and services provision of rape crisis centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44872/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a dispute between workers and contractors involved in the construction project at Kishoge community college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44857/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Exemptions (25 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he believes vintage vehicles are not the cause of road traffic accidents in the main; and his further views on providing a special national car test dispensation for these vehicles in the future as they are largely used for appropriate recreation and fund-raising activities. [44927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (26 Nov 2014)

Arthur Spring: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the feasibility of reducing the VAT specifically for bottled water products, which is currently charged at the standard rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45442/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: Does this change anything that has been done previously by the banks in securitising mortgage loans? It is the same fundamental principle. If a person has entered into a contract with an organisation that is regulated by the Irish State, does it matter where the money or the block book is sold on to? Is the relationship still with the initial organisation, even if a servicer is put in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: I am asking a fundamental question. If a person has entered into a contract with a bank or institution in this country that is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, is it the case that this initial contract takes precedence over everything else that happens underneath it or in front of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: I assume they will be restricted by the laws that would have applied to the regulator of the institution with which the contract was entered into.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: Yes. I just wanted to establish that as a basis. It is not ground-breaking in any huge shape or form. My question relates more to interest rates than anything else. If a bank has sold on a book, and if that book is part of a larger portfolio which has a cost of funds that is blended from different currencies, etc., and if it needs to increase in order to break even, what level of control...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: I will use an example. If every mortgage that was sold by AIB in 2004 was put into a book, securitised and sold to an American institution, and if that institution subsequently decided to increase the interest rate which applies to that section of the loans, would AIB have to follow through on that decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Arthur Spring: I should have made it clear that this example relates to mortgages that are variable.