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- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)
John McGuinness: 1612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if long-term benefit payments will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [1037/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)
John McGuinness: 1650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if long-term benefit payments will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if the correspondence submitted by this Deputy relative to the case prior to Christmas will be examined and a response issued to the person. [1403/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (16 Jan 2018)
John McGuinness: 1647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [1350/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (16 Jan 2018)
John McGuinness: 1746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the audits of all local authorities reflect their compliance with national and EU law in respect of the procurement of insurance cover such as public liability and so on; if a value for money audit has been undertaken by the local government auditors in respect of insurance cover whether procured...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (16 Jan 2018)
John McGuinness: 1767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make available an unredacted copy of the report submitted by Galway City Council relative to the case of a person (details supplied); if the protected disclosure submitted by the person is being examined by an independent person outside of and unconnected to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: The item on the agenda for today's meeting is the Paradise Papers. We are joined Mr. Bernard Byrne and his colleagues from Allied Irish Banks, AIB. They are very welcome. Before we begin, I wish to advise witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. If they are directed...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: Thank you, Mr. Byrne. I call Deputy Burton.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: Is that a "Yes"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: I do not want to cut the Senator short, but we will have a special meeting with AIB on 23 January on the tracker mortgage examination. We agreed earlier that we would send the bank the full range of questions to be answered. Mr. Byrne can give a general overview.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: Is it on the same topic?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: Arising from this exchange on the independence of the subsidiaries of AIB outside the jurisdiction, how many banking licences does AIB hold in this jurisdiction? Will the delegates explain in layman terms the make-up of these entities?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: In Ireland AIB comprises roughly 100 companies, not all of which have a banking licence. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: Some of those licences are held because of the structure of mortgages. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: The other companies deal with non-banking activities which have grown during the years. Is AIB going to rationalise all of them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: What is the new holding company?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: It does not sound like that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: Profits will go to this holding company.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: That holding company was requested by the regulator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: The European regulator has demanded that structure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Paradise Papers (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (14 Dec 2017)
John McGuinness: I would like to discuss the banking licences. They are separate entities. As Mr. Byrne described them, they are separate regimes with legal personalities.