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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is there anything that should be done to attract more traditional players to the Irish market to provide banking competition?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: As we stand on the cusp of yet another vote in Westminster, is Brexit providing, ironically, opportunities for Ireland to attract UK-based banks? Is the federation getting many inquiries in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is where there is light-touch regulation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the officials. Mr. Tobin quoted Christine Lagarde, and I have no doubt that many of us will ourselves use the quote about the two Vs and the two Cs hereafter. He referred to people doing things when no one is watching and I made the comment that it was like light-touch regulation. Given that the subject is within the remit of the Department, how would the officials categorise the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: We did a great deal of probing and work in that area. To provide value for money for the public, we did work on tracker mortgages that contributed enormously to highlighting the problem and speeding up the process. I wonder if the speed of activity would have been as pronounced if we had not carried out significant due diligence in the area. Although I take the point that when the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Tobin regard the regulation as still being light touch or, if not, how would he characterise it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: What difference will SEAR make in enhancing the robustness of regulation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: How does Mr. Tobin feel about the level of lending across all areas of the Irish economy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who is the sample for those surveys?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: How regularly are those surveys done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: To what does Mr. Tobin put that down? Is it a result of Brexit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that quite evident from the figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: They are pulling back on working capital funding because cash is doing that job.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I would like to discuss an issue that is being raised repeatedly and would not have been an issue heretofore. There is a generation of people who have been renting for the last ten years and paying very high rents. Depending on the area of the country they are living in, they could be paying €900 to €1,500 per month, as is the case in my own area of Limerick. If they are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: To what level does Mr. Tobin anticipate they will rise? I hope the response will not be that it is a policy matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Tobin give a broad overview on where he sees interest rates going in the short to medium term?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Tobin. Will Mr. Dorgan address the question on the treasures in the banks and on whether legislation could be brought forward to treat them in the same way as Dormant Account Funds for the public good?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Dorgan elaborate on the timeframe? Is it from 2020 onwards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Department monitor the purchasing of the NTMA?