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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I would like to ask Mr. Sibley a quick question about the figures compiled by the Central Bank. Has the Central Bank produced figures for 2017 and 2018 setting out the amount of bank credit loaned to businesses in certain categories? I refer to non-financial corporations, for example. Does the Central Bank have figures for all businesses excluding national financial corporations? Does it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Does Mr. Sibley have those figures with him?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I have mentioned categories like non-financial corporations. I am looking for figures for all businesses other than corporations. I am also looking for figures for SMEs and households.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I understand that. I am trying to get some other figures from Mr. Sibley. If he does not have them with him, he might be able to provide them at a later stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: We will get those figures from Mr. Sibley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Okay. I will give Mr. Sibley the detail before he leaves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Is there an average interest rate that is being charged to SMEs for different loans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Does the Central Bank have those figures broken down into categories?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I want to categorise the different levels of debt so I shall list the sectors that I am talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: The CIA compiles reports on each country and has estimated that on 31 March 2016 Irish debt amounted to €2.15 trillion. How did that organisation calculate the overall debt of a country? It publishes figures for each country in different years and I looked at its figure for 31 March. Does the Central Bank analyse the rationale behind that figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Yes, it does all of that. Does the Central Bank analyse those reports for accuracy and so on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Is the Government attached to or liable for debt created by the financial services sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I mean within the financial services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Both.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Mr. Sibley mentioned in his opening remarks the report on community banking model here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: I mean the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI. What is that bank? Is it regulated by the Central Bank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: The SBCI has the word "banking" in its title and handles a lot of taxpayers' money, in terms of the Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Does the Central Bank have any oversight on the SBCI whatsoever?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Even though the SBCI holds a sizeable amount of money. Has it lent €1 billion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion (23 Oct 2018)
John McGuinness: Mr. Sibley's opening statement dealt generally with stuff and did not really go into commentary on his view of the Government's report. Was that deliberate?