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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Did this involve people being put on the street or were these easy pickings such as vacant properties that have been hanging around on the books for a long time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: What does the bank do when faced with putting people on the street? What does it do when it is told a husband, wife and children are in a house to be repossessed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Are there other cases where the people leave after a repossession order has been granted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Has the bank a policy in dealing with unrepresented defendants in courts? Does it tell its lawyers to go the heavy in such cases? I have seen all the banks, not just Permanent TSB, go hell for leather against people without legal representation. One might say it is their fault because they do not have lawyers but they may not be able to afford one. In cases where houses are being sold on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: They should be treated differently because they are in a much weaker position. They are on their own.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I just wanted to raise the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Is Mr. O'Sullivan satisfied that this system is working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Is it not possible to take cash under the counter in such sales?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: What is Permanent TSB's percentage share of standing mortgages in the market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Permanent TSB (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: What is the figure for outstanding loans?

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Senator Power has steered this legislation through the House on behalf of the Opposition. She has raised issues of fundamental concern. I am glad there is no guillotine on this Bill, because we have seen the ill effects of guillotines on legislation in the other House. However, the Bill should not be completed today. The Minister needs to give further thought to it. Senator Power has...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Níor chuala mé an Seanadóir.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Tá an Rialtas ag tabhairt cúig nóiméad dúinn ach tá an deis ag an Seanad níos mó ama a chur ar fáil chun an reachtaíocht seo a phlé. Is féidir leis an tSeanad an díospóireacht seo a chur ar athló chun machnamh a dhéanamh ar an méid atá ráite ag an Seandóir de Paor agus teacht ar ais chuici...

Seanad: Suicide and Mental Health: Statements (11 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister of State and all the contributors. This is such an important issue. There is not a family in the country untouched by mental health issues in general, and there is not a community or extended family unaffected by suicide. It is a terrible affliction which needs radical action and which would be best dealt with on a cross-party basis. We need to get together and show...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: While the debate proposed for this afternoon is extremely important and welcome, it is fair to say that the Government's legislative programme is very light with little legislation being put through the Houses. We have statements on a number of days this week. That is a sign, if we needed one, that the Government is in complete and utter chaos with one side not knowing what the other side...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Lucinda Creighton referred to the arrangement AIB-EBS had with the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation. Has Bank of Ireland considered a similar arrangement? Would Mr. Boucher see advantages from the bank's point of view in drawing up a similar formal arrangement with an advocacy group that could work at arm's length from the bank on behalf of customers? Obviously, it would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Does Mr. Boucher think the bank is being help by-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: What does Mr. Boucher mean by "transparency" in this context?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Obviously, Mr. Boucher has concerns about that arrangement. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Mr. Boucher does not see Bank of Ireland using "a third party contractor," as he has described the organisation, to help people.