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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Senior counsel for Allied Irish Banks made the arguments about chaos and the €7.8 billion. The bank must have some concerns.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: We will leave that issue there. What is the updated position on EBS agents?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: EBS had agents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: It had agents. There is the matter of EBS, its agents, how they were represented and the case that is ongoing with Mr. Byrne's bank.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: The agents have written to us and I want to ask about them. We agreed earlier to invite these agents to make their case to the committee. Apparently, they reached some form of agreement or understanding with EBS before EBS was taken over by AIB, however Mr. Byrne wants to describe it. Will EBS resolve that with its agents without any intervention from AIB or does AIB have a concern around...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Will the witnesses check out the position and revert to the committee on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: It is the same issue and the agents are still anxious to bring it to an end. To that end, they asked to appear before the committee and we have agreed to a meeting. In that context, I ask the bank to give us its view on the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: We are trying to have it revisited.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I ask the witnesses to look at it and come back to advise us as to a "Yes" or "No".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Deputy Doherty mentioned that Mr. Drumm is in a prison cell. I mentioned Ms Yvonne Walsh and her case but I will not ask the witnesses about it. Members of her family are here today watching proceedings. Much of what is happening in the courts could be avoided by people engaging with the banks or vice versa. I am not referring to the pros and cons of the case itself. I am just making the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Time, Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I am sure that it was not us that Mr. Byrne was talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Deputy Micheal McGrath wants to come in again and then I will Deputy Mattie McGrath
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: We cannot deal with individual cases.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: It not only applies AIB but the other banks have been open to taking such individual cases and whether they worked out, at least the bank makes its staff available to deal with those issues, which is a good as part of the resolution process. The witnesses will be pleased to hear that that brings us to the end of the meeting. They can thank Mr. Juncker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Ulster Bank (19 Jun 2018) John McGuinness: We are dealing with item No. 6, which is matters relating to the banking sector. I welcome Mr. Paul Stanley, Mr. Eddie Cullen and Mr. Ciarán Coyle to the meeting, along with their colleagues. I will read out the privilege note and then ask Mr. Stanley to give his opening statement. I advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Ulster Bank (19 Jun 2018) John McGuinness: Rather than allow this to continue through the meeting, I want to draw Mr. Stanley's attention to the fact that despite what he says about the tracker mortgages and how Ulster Bank is dealing with them, we have substantial correspondence indicating that customers have not been dealt with. I ask members to review their files, wherein they should have this correspondence. Customers must...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Ulster Bank (19 Jun 2018) John McGuinness: I remind Senator Horkan that we are working against the clock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Ulster Bank (19 Jun 2018) John McGuinness: I ask the Senator to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Ulster Bank (19 Jun 2018) John McGuinness: I ask Mr. Stanley to send it to the committee in order that we can-----