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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: The question has been asked before and I am pointing that out. However, if Senator Horkan will bear with me, I ask Mr. McLoughlin if he will cover the points that were not covered before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: To conclude, I would like to raise a couple of issues. We will not get into them but I would like to mention them to Mr. McLoughlin. A lot of the cases being heard at registrar's court level involve Bank of Ireland. I attend some of the registrars' courts. When a customer of the bank engages with the registrar in an attempt to get information, correspondence or whatever else through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: Does Mr. Mason believe that there will be an increase in the number of evictions or repossessions at the end of this year and in the course of next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: Has he seen it in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: Bank of Ireland has never packaged any mortgages or commercial loans for sale on to vulture funds. Do the witnesses think that will happen now that a level of really difficult cases in the bank has been reached? What do they think will happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: Does Mr. McLoughlin think that there might be a need in the future for some form of an ethical fund which would handle the really hard cases over a longer period? It would buy them from the bank and then extend the periods out from when the loans were bought rather than having to involve vulture funds at all. Is there a space for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: That is the core of the bank's approach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: To go back to the point in respect of staff and tracker mortgages, I understand that there was a letter issued to staff, presumably by the bank, which said that those who were currently on a two-year fixed rate of 3.95% would be put on the ECB rate plus 0.75%. Can Mr. McLoughlin confirm whether that letter issued? If so, will he provide the committee with a copy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: That letter did go out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: Did Mr. McLoughlin ever engage with Mr. Kissane, who seems to represent quite a number of people involved in these cases? He was before the committee and met a number of its members separately. He has a real grasp of this particular issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: I know Mr. McLoughlin might have met him on a one-to-one basis in terms of him representing clients or customers. Did he ever think that a general discussion with him about the situation might help the general resolution of this problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: We found him quite constructive about this issue. The committee sends Mr. Boucher its good wishes for his retirement, that is, if he is not intending to do something completely different, which would not surprise me. We would like to ask the person who will replace him to have more regard to the nature of the replies in completing these questionnaires, which are of assistance to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if additional costs caused by decision of Government, local or government agencies will be directly funded by Government in such areas as the nursing home sector in which contracts and price are controlled by the HSE; if an economic impact analysis has been undertaken by his Department or the HSE relative to the negative impact these increased costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 271. To ask the Minister for Health further to a public statement issued by the HSE on 27 April 2017 regarding respite services in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, the progress made on each project and the level of funding provided; the general respite services provided in counties Carlow and Kilkenny to parents of children with disabilities, including overnight services; if an organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 272. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the recent meeting in Kilkenny with the Minister of State for disability has brought a solution to the various issues including funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is in receipt of Government funding; the financial support received by the organisation in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the funding granted to persons by the organisation; the assistance that is given to persons who have poor or no sight to assist them to read; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if a person under 65 years of age with a medical card can be charged for the flu vaccination. [40349/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if approval will be given to an independent mechanism by which members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann can register the complaints or concerns received from persons relative to Tusla; if such a mechanism or process will be empowered to issue an acknowledgement of correspondence received in this regard; if her attention has been...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: 493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when village schemes will be announced. [40348/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

John McGuinness: The purpose of this meeting is to deal with matters relating to the banking sector. I welcome Mr. Bernard Byrne, chief executive officer of Allied Irish Banks and his colleagues to this meeting. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the...