61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm the Government received a non-binding proposal (details supplied) in August 2025 separate to the 5 September 2025 offer and to outline the details of same; to clarify the reason the August proposal was concluded to have amounted to an offer. [52054/26]
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276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banks on the possibility of applying a waiver for banks fees for certain non-profit organisations such as community groups, parents associations and residents groups. [50743/26]
8. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of offers made for PTSB prior to the launch of the formal sales process and to outline the engagement with the executive management of PTSB regarding the offers. [48249/26]
250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a full list of all credit institutions authorised to carry out banking business in the State under Irish legislation. [46420/26]
251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a full list of all European credit institutions authorised in another Member State of the European economic area and operating in the State as a branch. [46421/26]
594. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 26 May 2026, if it is necessary for a financial institution to be operating as a bank in Ireland in order to qualify as a monetary policy counterparty with the Irish Central Bank; if it is necessary for a bank to be headquartered in Ireland in order to qualify as a monetary policy counterparty with the …
144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason €7.7 billion in proceeds from the sale of AIB shares is sitting, uninvested, with the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF. [39793/26]
164. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for selling PTSB; and the safeguards that will be in place to protect jobs and the bank branch network. [39794/26]
334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the rationale for selling PTSB; and the safeguards that will be in place to protect jobs and the bank branch network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/26]
452. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to specify the interest rate on the €200,000,000 million loan from the EIB to the SBCI; to provide an exhaustive list of all of the lending partners of the SBCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19634/26]
823. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the percentage share and value of securitised mortgages held by each bank in the State; the share of securitised mortgages that have been used as collateral with the ECB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74055/25]
825. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for a breakdown of market assets pledged by Irish banks to the ECB as collateral by Government securities, asset-back securities, corporate bonds, banks bonds etc. [74057/25]
839. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 16 of December 2025, to detail each obligation that no longer applies to covered institutions as a direct result of the revocation of the eligible liabilities guarantee scheme and the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75014/25]
354. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will oppose any private equity-backed purchase of PTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71311/25]
377. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the revocation of Eligible Liabilities Guarantee scheme (ELG) and the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act in 2008 will have any effect on his powers in relation to banks, or any impact on the obligation or restriction on banks; and if he will detail any change of regulation stemming from these revocations; and if he will make a statemen…
496. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms engaged in Discretionary Commission Arrangements in the provision of motor finance through hire-purchase agreements prior to the Central Bank's intervention in 2024; the estimated number of customers effected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58949/25]
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and total value of loans by high-cost loan providers in 2024 [39435/25]
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline any engagement he was had with the banks in relation to the level of profits announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16307/25]
280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the percentage share and value of securitised mortgages held by each bank in the State; the share of securitised mortgages that have been used as collateral with the ECB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/25]
249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the definition used by Irish banks to determine non-performing loans for mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/25]
255. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to set out categories of eligible collateral accepted by the Central Bank of Ireland for commercial banks seeking access to the lending facilities; to clarify if mortgages can be used as collateral by banks seeking to access Central Bank borrowing facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13172/25]
388. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if there is any legal obligation on banks to inform the Central Bank or the Department of Finance of the securitisation of large amounts of residential mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10752/25]
97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of Irish mortgages currently held in terms of beneficial ownership by both traditional banks and non-bank entities each year from 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/25]
56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that mortgage prisoners of vulture funds are not hit will excessively high interest rates; if he will outline the plan to provide a pathway for these homeowners to return to the traditional banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/25]