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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (24 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: 1996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a comprehensive account will be provided of the actions taken to date by his Department to resolve all of the issues associated with the DNA tests of a herd in the name of a person (details supplied); the outstanding matters including DNA tests that have to be dealt with; the timeline for the completion of this work; if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: We are dealing with item No. 6, which is the engagement with Bank of Ireland. I welcome members to the committee. I also welcome the bank officials, Ms Francesca McDonagh and Mr. Gavin Kelly. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss in general the topic of banking matters with the representatives. I wish to explain some of the limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: A technical issue has arisen. We will have to suspend the meeting. I ask Ms McDonagh to bear with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: We will resume our meeting. Ms McDonagh was at the point of making her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: For the information of members, Deputies Doherty and Barry, Senator Higgins and Deputy Richmond will speak. I call Deputy Doherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I have to move on to the next speaker so I ask Ms McDonagh to give a short answer to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Richmond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: Does Deputy Richmond want to ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank Ms McDonagh. I call Deputy Nash.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I ask Ms McDonagh to give a short answer to that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Nash who has three minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: The Deputy's time is up. I thank Ms McDonagh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank Ms McDonagh. I call Senator Davitt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: The Deputy's time has expired.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: The Deputy is welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I have a number of questions for Ms McDonagh, the first of which is on post offices. What type of analysis has the bank carried out on the benefit that will accrue to post offices arising from their dealings with the Bank of Ireland? What will each post office gain from the partnership? It has been suggested to us that the partnership will yield very little in fees to the post offices and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: Is it possible to get the analysis around the post offices that I have just mentioned? Is Ms McDonagh willing to give some data to the members, in writing or in a response, as to why certain bank branches were selected for closure? Is information available on the impact of these closures on local economies? Will Ms McDonagh make the reasons for the closures known to us, especially in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: I disagree strongly with the decisions in the cases I have mentioned, as do other Deputies in the cases they raised relating to their constituencies. My knowledge of the areas is that they do not have proper broadband, the post offices were stretched and the partnership, as mentioned by Ms McDonagh, offers very little for potential to move the post office from being on the verge of closing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: On the case I referred to earlier which went through a tracker issue, if I were to bring it to Ms McDonagh's attention again can she look at it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: It relates more to the bank's legal firm. I want to encourage a settlement because of the health of two of the individuals involved. That brings us to the end of our meeting. I thank the witnesses, Mr. Kelly and Ms McDonagh, for their attendance. During the meeting, if we were short in terms of trying to bring in other members it was because of the timeframe and the Covid regulations,...