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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: A good exchange of views.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I would expect so. I would hope the regulator would act in the best interests of customers. We all want this to work. This is an unprecedented challenge. We all understand the scale of the challenge the retail banks face and the difficulties that will be presented for the witnesses as senior executives and for staff over the next period of time. Mr. Hayes referred on a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Strictly speaking, it is not within their remit but I do not want them to take a minimalist view of what their remit is around the requirements they would place on companies. They need to take a customer-focused approach as well. This could potentially be catastrophic for many customers who find themselves in very difficult situations as things stand at present. Perhaps Mr. Hayes will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Obviously that would be a good idea, and I appreciate BPFI's efforts in that regard. BPFI certainly sees sense and the member banks see sense in actually working co-operatively with the regulators, but I would not want them to take a minimalist interpretation or view of what their remit is in this. I also have some practical questions for the bank representatives before us this afternoon....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Kelly mentioned a booking system in place now for appointments, which is very positive. Bank of Ireland's own analysis suggests 70% of new accounts are opened digitally. I accept and appreciate that. What are the waiting times involved for booking appointments if somebody wants to open a new account? If a person were to call on the first Monday of a particular month, when could he or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Kelly outlined the number of staff the bank has taken on in recent times to deal with this. Is it planning to take on any more? It has been suggested Bank of Ireland may engage more staff over the next period. I think the number was 50.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: Are those additional 50 staff members in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: I have a practical question for Mr. Crowley regarding the process, although I think I know the answer. I assume that where there is an Ulster Bank branch in a town or location where there is also a Permanent TSB branch, the Ulster Bank branch will close and the asset will not move over to PTSB. To be narrowly parochial on my part, in Drogheda, for example, where there are both Ulster Bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: My final question relates to call centres. I understand Permanent TSB let go a number of call centre staff over recent years but has re-added staff. Of course, staff will also transfer from Ulster Bank under TUPE legislation over a period. What is the net gain of staff?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: The medical scientist dispute is 21 years in the making. I noted the Taoiseach's earlier reply to Deputy Devlin. The Medical Laboratory Scientists Association, MLSA, has proposed some innovative solutions to this dispute at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, over the last period. It is in the WRC at present. In my view, the HSE and the Department of Health want to resolve this issue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Industry (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the process to examine the introduction of a levy on the construction industry in the Finance Bill 2022 that was announced on 30 November 2021 as part of his statement on the revised defective concrete block scheme is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the promised excise relief programme that is currently available to craft brewers; if the programme is being extended to craft cider producers in the forthcoming finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24462/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential sale of the tracker mortgages of a bank (details supplied) to another bank in which the State owns a majority shareholding; if the transfer of this performing loan book will be transferred at a discounted rate; his views on whether the affected tracker mortgage customers should also be permitted to avail of any potential...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tracker mortgages that are held by an organisation (details supplied); the average number of years left per tracker mortgage customer; the average loan amount per tracker mortgage customer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); his views on whether a central logging system is urgently needed to expedite the witnessing process, including by An Garda Síochána of passport applications; his plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases in which a parental consent form could not be verified by the Passport Office in each of the years between 2017 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the Summer Programme 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for a PPS number for Syrian, Afghani, Yazidi and Ukrainian programme refugees, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing passport applications due to ongoing issues with confirming Garda witnessing (details supplied); her plans for a central logging system for the witnessing process of passport applications; her plans to raise this matter with the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 May 2022)

Gerald Nash: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for family reunification submitted by a person (details supplied) in December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24169/22]