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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Does the bank hand over commercial or tracker issue cases to its legal representatives once the case goes to court and give them full rein to deal with the cases or does it check on their progress? Issues of which the bank was unaware may arise and, if acknowledged, may bring about a different type of solution. Does the bank have oversight of the activities of its legal representatives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: That was my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I am interested in such cases. In the course of a case in which bank documents may be challenged or new information given or an error in documentation or incomplete documentation discovered, the bank remains open to talking to the customer. It does not to refuse to so do once proceedings reach court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Although I do not wish to go into too much detail, I recently read of a court case in which a customer of the bank claimed the bank owed him or her money. If that money had been paid or acknowledged as owing to the customer, it might have resulted in a different outcome to the case. That is why I asked about commercial cases before the courts. I might come back to the representatives in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Mr. Verbraken stated that the bank uses Cabot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Does it use Cabot for debt collection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: It is a debt collector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I misunderstood the question that was asked and was unsure whether it was a vulture fund or a debt collection agency. I thought I got it wrong but it is a debt collection agency as I thought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: This point may have been clarified in my absence: it was reported that there is a substantial sum of non-performing loans in the bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Are they worth €8 billion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Is that a big drag on the performance of the bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Those debtors are paying something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: KBC Bank (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: That reminds me that the business in the commercial case to which I referred was described as a zero payer but claimed that the bank owed it €1 million. I will bring that to Mr. Verbraeken's attention after the meeting. I thank the representatives for their attendance.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption to the household charge will be examined to help support family carers. [30068/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for a special needs assistant will be expedited. [30977/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioner cards will be extended to all carers in receipt of the respite care support grant. [30066/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 398. To ask the Minister for Health if panic buttons and personal alarms will be made available to persons under 65 years of age who are vulnerable and require 24/7 care. [30067/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable inpatient accommodation and a step-down facility will be provided for older persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in view of the fact that the census figures show a significant increase in this cohort of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30760/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug ixazomib for a person (details supplied) will be covered by the HSE; if permissions that may be needed to cover the cost and use of the drug will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30959/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive an early date for an assessment and scopes at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, based on the referrals made by their general practitioner, who described their case as urgent. [31017/18]