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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: Deputy Durkan has had his opportunity. To be fair to colleagues, the questions should be direct because we do have the Irish League of Credit Unions later in the afternoon.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: I will take on more questioner at this stage.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: A number of specific questions were posed. If Mr. Brett does not have the numbers today, he may make them available to the committee subsequently.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: A number of Deputies have indicated they have questions for Mr. Brett.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: Before I invite Mr. Brett to respond, I want to reiterate the point made by Deputy Coppinger in regard to landlords against whom the banks are taking action. From my perspective, in all cases the banks appear to want the houses vacant, with no tenants. We are examining a housing crisis, which many of us view as an emergency, and we are considering things that could be done as short-term...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: The committee will probably need to further examine the issue.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: Does Mr. Brett wish to respond?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank the Deputy.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (5 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank the representatives of Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, Mr. Felix O'Regan, Mr. Noel Brett and Mr. Maurice Crowley, for their attendance and the documentation provided. I also thank them for the follow-up information to be provided in due course.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: I am pleased to welcome from the Irish League of Credit Unions Mr. Ed Farrell and Mr. John Knox. The committee has received their documentation which has been circulated to members. I invite Mr. Farrell to make his opening statement.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: Thank you, Mr. Farrell. A number of people have indicated that they have questions. On one technical point, you mentioned that the funding is off balance sheet in respect of the housing bodies. I presume that if the funding were made available to local government, it would not be off balance sheet. Is that the key point?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: You have stated that point previously, Deputy. Have you a question for us?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: The questions are all similar. In his opening statement Mr. Farrell indicated he had these discussions but that they were no further forward. Can he identify, in as much detail as possible, what the obstacles were and whether they were originated with the Department, the Central Bank-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: -----or the local authorities?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: I will come to Mr. Farrell in a moment. I will take a number of contributions.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: Mr. Farrell, other issues were raised by Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Mick Wallace, if you would like to refer to those.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: That is fine.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish League of Credit Unions (5 May 2016)
John Curran: I thank Mr. Farrell and Mr. Knox for their attendance. If they could forward information on the technical issues that are causing the roadblock to the committee, it would be useful for us to consider that with future witnesses.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Business of Committee (3 May 2016)
John Curran: Apologies have been received from Deputies Michael Harty and Seán Canney. I remind members to switch mobile phones off or to flight mode not only because of the interference they cause to the meeting but also because the proceedings are being recorded, relayed and broadcast and mobile phones interfere with that. In accordance with standard procedures agreed by the Committee on...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Construction Industry Federation (3 May 2016)
John Curran: I draw the witnesses' attention to the fact that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their...