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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Of those 20,000, who could be described as very loyal customers, is it the case that Ulster Bank simply cannot get rid of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Ms Howard think there is a general awareness on the part of those 20,000 customers, but they simply will not take any active steps themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How many other staff does Ulster Bank have? What is its plan in respect of redundancies for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Ultimately, every member of staff will either be made redundant or will go elsewhere voluntarily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the final date for when the last of the redundancies will be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will Ulster Bank hand back its licence to the Central Bank as the final act in its wind-down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the quantity of money in the accounts that KBC has frozen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are many of them non-resident account holders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: When will the redundancy package KBC is offering will be concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will ask Mr. Jansen a question, since he has experience of banking outside of Ireland as well. I am sure Ms Howard does, too. There is considerable disappointment on the part of this committee that KBC is leaving, primarily, because it reduces competition in the Irish banking sector. How many banks that offer personal banking services does a country the size of Ireland need in order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Why do we only have two of what we would regard as banks that offer personal service in the traditional way? Is that sufficient for competition here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Will Ms Howard hazard an answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Do I take from what Ms Howard is saying that she thinks the stability of the three banks we have is more important than having a lot of competition in the market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: When will that be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: How many of Ulster Bank's staff are being offered redundancy? Is it correct that 600 will be offered it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (31 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement application for a treatment by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when he expects this treatment to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4503/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Jan 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the 1,000 extra beds recently reported by the HSE in terms of hospitals involved and types of bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4772/23]