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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: The reason I asked that particular question was because we had become accustomed to the fact that various banking activities are licensed by the Irish Central Bank. Presumably, this is also authorised by the ECB. Has the degree of supervision by the ECB increased or decreased in recent times? Is the extra interest because of the risk our customers pay in this country based on a guarantee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Does Dr. Hunt on a regular basis interact with the ECB to reassure AIB that what it is doing at any given time is in accord with what it sees as necessary best practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: NatWest is coming back and Dr. Hunt welcomed that business. Are any other incoming financial institutions showing interest following Ulster Bank's decision to cease business here? Is there a possibility we could have cherry-picking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Did some of the banks that entered the Irish market in the past undermine the banking system in the extent to which they competed - unfairly and unwisely competed, I would contend - with the Irish banks? I am referring to Royal Bank of Scotland and others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Why are AIB and some other banks offering cash back to borrowers? Surely that is deception in that it creates the impression that a great deal is being done and a job is being done to assist the customer. It is actually a marketing ploy which could lead to unwise lending or unwise borrowing in that the customer could become convinced he or she is operating in a safe market, as was the case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: Is this always explained to the customer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I will make my last point, if I may, Chairman. All of us as public representatives have had to engage with various banks over the past ten to 12 years where people were in difficulty because of unwise lending on the one hand and unwise borrowing on the customer's part. I have looked at cases, as I know the Chairman and all the members of the committee have, in which not in a month of...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Naughten for his deference to me on this vital issue, although I am not so sure I am the expert on it. I would be anxious to hear the Minister of State's response. We all attend social welfare hearings, with good and necessary effect in many cases, in order to ensure that the procedures are followed in the manner in which they were intended. That is one point. I will be led...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: What is the case in the event of an advocate having powers of attorney, whether a solicitor or not? A third person with power of attorney has the entitlement, as far as I am concerned, because he or she has been delegated those powers by the person concerned at an earlier stage. Perhaps a lawyer could give some advice on that matter. I am looking for free legal advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Matters: AIB (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I note what Dr. Hunt said. We all hope that happens. I also note that Dr. Hunt welcomed competition. Some might suggest that some of the competition during the crucial, outrageous outlandish field to which he referred was not in keeping with good practice. Can Dr. Hunt tell the committee whether those patterns were adequately addressed? Can he now provide an assurance that similar lapses...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I would agree with Deputy Colm Burke in the following sense. I am not a lawyer but I am long enough around to have an understanding of some of the basic entitlements that people have under any democracy. It is not so evident at the present time or in recent years but I have had some battles previously, including where legal decisions were made by people who were not in a position to make...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: In many cases, there may have been a prolonged period of ill-health or inaction on the part of the person in the nursing home which may have severely impacted on his or her ability to keep the capital resources intact or to expect that payments could be made in sufficient order to meet the requirements, given that the capacity of the farm or business may have diminished before a successor was...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: There are several different extraordinary situations one can deal with in these circumstances. One which comes within this proposal from the Minister of State is a situation whereby either the husband or the wife in a business or farm or whatever passes on, his or her property is transferred to the remaining partner and a family member subsequently marries. When assessments were made in the...

Select Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: I speak in support of the general thrust of what has been said by previous speakers, including Deputy Colm Burke. There will of course be circumstances where families will not agree to sell a house, for various reasons. However, where families are in agreement that a house should be sold or leased, then that request should be honoured. No impediments should be placed in the way of families...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent of current and or proposed overseas troop deployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the updating of training continues throughout all branches of the Defence Forces including the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 306. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the training of the Defence Forces remains on par with international standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34964/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (29 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any diplomatic action is warranted following reports of Russian military aircraft sightings off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 309. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent of proposed deployment of Irish troops overseas on UN or other missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34967/21]