# oireachtas finance committee

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2022

# CMO trinity job

'Who's running the country?': Sec Gen 'snub' of Oireachtas committee raised with Taoiseach

TD John McGuinness has written to Robert Watt to convey disappointment at the lack of response to an invitation.

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Apr 26th 2022, 4:10 PM

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# lotto questions

Lotto operators seek approval for ‘must-be-won' draw for jackpot prize

Representatives for the National Lottery will appear before the Oireachtas finance committee tomorrow.

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Dec 14th 2021, 11:45 PM

# lotto questions

Lotto reps to appear before Oireachtas committee as jackpot goes unclaimed again

There have been 53 Lotto draws since the jackpot prize was last won.

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Dec 9th 2021, 2:26 PM

# Public Services Card

Top civil servant not attending committee is 'an affront to democracy'

Chairperson John McGuinness says committee wants to discuss the cost of the PSC to date.

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Sep 21st 2019, 12:05 AM

# Children's Hospital

Secretary General Robert Watt accused of 'playing games' with Oireachtas committees

Calls have been made by a number of committees for Watt to appear before them to outline DEPR’s role in the children’s hospital project.

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Feb 21st 2019, 12:22 PM

# Vulture funds

Finance Minister says it's up to PTSB if it wants to appear before the finance committee over loan sale

Last month, PTSB sold its controversial Project Glas loan portfolio to an affiliate of the so-called vulture fund Lone Star for around €1.3 billion.

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Sep 6th 2018, 6:15 AM

# mortgage scandal

'Bizarre carry-on': Criticism of consumer expert who said tracker victims should have faced tougher questioning

Brendan Burgess said people’s lives may have been destroyed, but that may not have been because of the overcharging.

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May 20th 2018, 10:30 AM

# Mortgage Arrears

'This is a human crisis': David Hall believes 17,000 families will have homes repossessed

Hall told the Finance Committee that a narrative has been fostered that people in long-term arrears are “messers”.

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May 17th 2018, 12:53 PM

# Serious bantz

Video: There was some unlikely banter between these two political foes earlier...

Michael Noonan and Pearse Doherty had a right laugh down at the Finance Committee this evening.

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Feb 18th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Bank Guarantee

John McGuinness: Missing bank guarantee documents need to be found

The chair of the Public Accounts Committee said he is “appalled” by the news that documents related to the bank guarantee have gone missing in the Department of Finance.

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Jan 13th 2014, 10:55 PM

# Property Tax

Revenue chair faces grilling from TDs and Senators over property tax fiasco

The chair of the Revenue Commissioners will appear before the Oireachtas Finance Committee later today.

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Nov 7th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Property Tax

Ministers admit property tax letter confusion, but insist no one has to pay until 2014

Meanwhile, the Revenue Commissioners chairman is to be invited before the Oireachtas Finance Committee next week.

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Nov 3rd 2013, 1:05 PM

# Debt Crisis

PTSB is "not aware" of letters advising people in minimal arrears to sell their homes

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Dohery says that he has met with a family who were advised to clear arrears of €300 by selling their home, something the PTSB CEO says he is “not aware” of.

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Sep 6th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Mortgage Arrears Crisis

Permanent TSB has offered 3,500 split mortgages, has taken legal cases against 1,600

Bank chiefs have told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that it has assisted 800 people to sell homes that they were struggling to pay for.

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Sep 5th 2013, 11:30 AM

# Bank of Ireland

Donnelly and Mathews let rip at Bank of Ireland executives

Peter Mathews and Stephen Donnelly were in the Oireachtas Finance Committee today and were full of questions for Bank of Ireland boss Richie Boucher.

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Sep 4th 2013, 8:00 PM

# Bouncing Back

Ulster Bank says its customer deposits are up 12 per cent since IT meltdown

The bank’s CEO is insisting such a problem won’t happen again as the “root causes” have been fixed.

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Sep 4th 2013, 7:30 PM

# Bank of Ireland

'My contract has been accepted by government': Richie Boucher on his €843k salary

The Bank of Ireland chief executive got into a testy exchange with a Labour TD over his pay packet today.

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Sep 4th 2013, 3:03 PM

# Banks

LIVE: Ulster Bank chief Jim Brown faces Finance Committee

TDs and Senators are grilling the bankers on mortgage arrears and other issues this week. It’s Ulster Bank’s turn this afternoon.

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Sep 4th 2013, 2:35 PM

# Richie Boucher

'It's like being in a maze': FG TD tells BOI chief he is not facilitating committee

Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher frustrated TDs at the Oireachtas Finance Committee today

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Sep 4th 2013, 1:04 PM

# Mortgage Arrears Crisis

Bank of Ireland has addressed 53 per cent of defaulting mortgages

Bank of Ireland told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that it has 11,774 mortgages in default and has dealt with over 6,200 of those accounts.

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Sep 4th 2013, 11:36 AM

# Summer is over

TDs and Senators coming back next week to grill bankers over mortgage arrears

TDs and Senators on the Oireachtas Finance Committee will grill the heads of the main Irish banks next week.

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Aug 29th 2013, 5:25 PM

# Bank Inquiry

'Some bankers and civil servants don't want banking inquiry' - McGuinness

The government has been seeking to bring forward legislation to strengthen the Oireachtas’ ability to carry out inquiries into matters of public interest in the wake of the rejection of a referendum in 2011.

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May 12th 2013, 2:39 PM