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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [30065/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if the appeal submitted recently will be expedited. [30069/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: 909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary allowance by a person (details supplied). [30978/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Before dealing with No. 7, engagement with the Bank of Ireland I note that the committee has made a decision on No. 6, the scrutiny of EU proposals. This is for the public record. The committee agreed that EU proposals COM (2018) 280, COM (2018) 281, COM (2018) 373 and COM (2018) 374 do not warrant further scrutiny. Full details will be published on the committee's website.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Moving to item 7, Bank of Ireland, I welcome Ms McDonagh and her colleagues to the meeting. I remind witnesses to please turn of their mobile telephones or remove them from the desks so that there is no interference during the meeting. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: The Senator should provide the details directly for Ms McDonagh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I will ask the Senator to conclude. Time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: How many cases for repossession does Bank of Ireland have before the courts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: While Ms McDonagh's colleagues seek that information, I ask her to indicate how many of those cases are also tied up with the tracker mortgage issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: How many cases does the bank have before the courts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I suggest that Ms McDonagh's colleague looks for the answers to my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: How many cases does the bank have before the courts? How many of those cases are tied up with the tracker issue? What is the cost to the bank in legal fees of chasing these people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: That is not the information I have. I am sorry to interrupt Ms McDonagh but I, too, have limited time. As soon as she comes back with the figures I will deal with the rest of my question. On the tracker issue as it relates to Bank of Ireland staff, will Ms McDonagh tell us about the 200 tracker mortgage customers within the bank who have not yet been dealt with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I do not believe that is the case and nor do some of the staff employed in Bank of Ireland. In fact, at a previous meeting, I asked Mr. Liam McLoughlin a question about the position in 2010 and 5,100 people who had been put back on tracker mortgages. He replied that approximately 3,000 Bank of Ireland staff who were entitled to tracker mortgages were put back on tracker mortgages. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: I did not ask that question. I appreciate that Ms McDonagh has put her best foot forward here and wish both her and the bank well. I have correspondence from Bank of Ireland staff indicating that 200 customers are still contesting that they should be on a tracker rate. It is fine for Ms McDonagh to talk about the Central Bank and so forth. Does she know that there are 200-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: -----dissatisfied customers in the bank? What does she plan to do about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Excuse me. I ask members to stop talking. We will have one voice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: There are 200 customers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: Ms McDonagh cannot say the bank has identified them all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (5 Jul 2018)

John McGuinness: There are 200 people who are arguing with the bank about tracker mortgages.