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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: 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?
- 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 finance dimension of the proposal?
- 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: It could be structured in a way that the cost of the due diligence would be met from the value of the artefacts or unclaimed deposits. It could be self-financing.
- 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: Yes.
- 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 accept that.
- 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: It is extraordinary that we have invested heavily in the banks and there are effectively dormant accounts by a different name within the vaults of those banks. I would have thought the Department could request or encourage the banks to undertake due diligence of such vaults. If there is nothing therein of substance, so be it, but if assets are found that could be used for the public good...