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- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report by a person (details supplied). [5054/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: 159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [5121/23]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: In the meeting this morning we dealt with the minutes of a joint committee meeting on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 and agreed those minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Today we are dealing with KBC an Ulster Bank with regard to their withdrawal from the Irish banking market. We are joined from Ulster Bank by Ms Jane Howard, CEO, and Ms Elizabeth Arnett. From KBC, we have Mr. Frank Jansen, CEO and executive director; Mr. Barry D'Arcy, chief risk officer; and Mr. Darragh Lennon, director of retail distribution, in attendance. I remind members and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Earlier, Ms Howard referred to credit cards. Could she tell us the numbers involved in this regard and how the bank assists its customer to get different credit cards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Can Ms Howard give us some real numbers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Ms Howard has said that 5,000 customers may have a challenge. How many customers are yet to engage? How many are trying to get another credit card?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: What has the engagement been like in respect of the balance of credit cards where there is a problem getting the customer another credit card or where there is a balance involved? How does Ulster Bank engage with customers to assist them in getting another card?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: At the end of March, Ulster Bank will freeze the credit cards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: At that time, a customer may have a negative balance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: The customers who had those cards can go where they wish to try to get another card elsewhere. That is their business. Ulster Bank has not engaged with any other credit card company or bank to try to transition affected customers to another bank.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: If those customers are paying monthly bills from an Ulster Bank credit card, they had better change before the end of March.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Otherwise they are going to be in serious difficulty with all sorts of service providers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: It is not that easy to switch.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Ulster Bank will then pursue the debt with each customer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: Ms Howard estimates the relevant figure is that approximately 5,000 people may face difficulty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: That is when those customers will have a problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)
John McGuinness: I think committee members have finished asking questions. I thank our guests for their attendance today and at previous sessions. I also thank them for the manner in which they have dealt with exchanges at this committee. I wish them well for the future. I hope that for those lingering accounts, credit card or otherwise, the customer will come first, even though Ulster Bank is leaving the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (31 Jan 2023)
John McGuinness: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a building project in the name of a school (details supplied). [4104/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (31 Jan 2023)
John McGuinness: 477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that €5 has been deducted each week from the pension paid to a person (details supplied); and if their full pension will be restored. [4046/23]