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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: With the passage of time, the amount of capital that our banks are required to hold due to the impact of the global financial crisis will diminish. That will happen over time because the reference period will include less and less of the crisis and post-crisis years. All that being said, even though I am aware of the perspective and analysis regarding how much capital our banks hold and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The sectors or the customers of banks will always want more credit and want that credit available at lower interest rates. I am always conscious here of the critique of our banks regarding them not lending enough and the lending they are doing being available at too high an interest rate. All that being said, if I look at the credit demand surveys that my Department regularly publishes, all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: If I look at the credit union movement, and I had the opportunity to meet my local credit union on Friday, I see increasing signs of it trying to move into providing new forms of lending to meet both commercial and, increasingly, mortgage needs. The loan book for the overall Irish credit union movement now stands at €5.4 billion. It has grown by 6% versus the previous year. Their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: We cannot force investment funds to be involved in anything. To develop the Deputy's point a little more, it could well be the case that the pillar banks are deciding not to be involved in certain forms of construction activity. Indeed, it could also be the case that the interest rates and the commercial terms that banks are offering are not attractive enough for those who are involved in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not aware of that. I am sure the Deputy would have concrete evidence of this, or is getting this judgment from a trusted source in order for him to raise it here. The matter of interest rates and who is offering what is not an issue I am involved in. In my experience, what might be happening is that those involved in delivering the projects that the Deputy is referring to might be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: In short, it has not been brought up with me. Many of the issues that I am aware of are more around the migration of consumer accounts rather than business accounts at the moment. If the Senator would furnish me with some of the examples she is referring to I would happily raise the issue in general terms with our banks. I would be surprised if continuous bank records being provided from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: With the co-operation of the Oireachtas, I hope to introduce the legislation on Second Stage in October. It will make for a very busy October, November and December because we will have the Finance Bill and the SEAR legislation all together. I hope to present Second Stage in some weeks. With the co-operation of the committee and the Oireachtas, I hope to be in a position to have it passed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: That is exactly the reason we are bringing it in - to do all we can to prevent things like that happening in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: We are still a significant shareholder in both AIB and Permanent TSB. We are approaching being able to exit Bank of Ireland entirely. We are not at that point yet. Obviously, a public announcement will be made if and when we got to that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman for raising this issue, as he regularly does. I know it has been an issue that has caused a lot of difficulty for the people on whose behalf the Chairman has raised it. He is aware that I cannot tell AIB to act in a certain way in relation to this matter. It goes back to the issue of commercial independence that I have to respect and I have already covered with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe our regulator, in the Central Bank, has put a huge amount of effort into this investigation, and has been instrumental in dealing with what is a scandal. I also believe that we, as a political class, do not serve ourselves well if we do not recognise the work that has been done by regulators that are now strengthened with new powers. It is also the case that when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I must have misheard the Chairman earlier, because I did comment on the regulator and AIB and the current CEO of AIB. The Chairman said a moment ago that he was not commenting on them. However, I think he said earlier that he felt we were not well served by our regulator. He made a point to me on why there has not been change in AIB. I think it is important to say a few things. Maybe I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: That is, in his saying there are no rules or regulations now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I must have misunderstood what the Chairman said and my apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: It is important to be crystal clear about the change that has happened now versus then. It is also important to refer to the further changes we are bringing in. We have significantly strengthened the powers of our regulator and the resources that are available to that office’s staff to ensure that our banks are better regulated, that the behaviour that the Chairman played his role in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I met the representatives of the group who have been affected by this. I have met constituents who have gone through the very kind of misery the Chairman is referring to and which he and the committee has highlighted, and am well aware of the hurt that was caused. I would make the case that surely the language of the regulator in condemning what had happened, and the magnitude of the fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe pre-legislative scrutiny has already happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: We will do Second Stage and I will be bringing the Bill back here then on Committee Stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: There will be ample opportunity then.