77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the steps his Department is taking towards reform of the deemed disposal rules on ETFs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38166/26]
Topics / Banking Sector
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsBanking Sector
121 questions from 47 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 29 September 2026.
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115 written, 6 oral
47
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 9 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 4 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 7 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 10 |
| December 2025 | 10 |
| January 2026 | 11 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 8 |
| June 2026 | 7 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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442. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an issue of 'unjust enrichment' occurs where a vulture fund gets more than a reasonable return on its investment in the context of a property repossession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35292/26]
443. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is monitoring the agreed exit plan for a bank (details supplied); the way in which it is dealing with former customers; if he has received reports from the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman on complaints received by former customers of the bank; if his Department has had discussions with the ombudsman to ensure that the rig…
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]
269. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the capacity of the domestic banking sector to support the proposed new savings scheme, in light of reports that only a limited proportion of existing household deposits may be available for participation; the engagement to date between his Department and the retail banking sector regarding the proposed new savings…
292. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if an exodus of funds from deposit accounts to a personal investment account will have a negative impact on other products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26608/26]
323. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the situation where banks are maintaining high mortgage interest rates in order to maintain high profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26779/26]
425. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 November 2025, if he will ensure that employment is protected and the branch network retained in the event of the sale of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27886/26]
1167. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that banks (details supplied) currently are not accepting applications for the growth and sustainability loan scheme under the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; his views on the importance of this scheme for SMEs as a long-term low-cost scheme to support eligible businesses; if he is concerned that the main bank…
385. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will examine concerns regarding the behaviour of a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22042/26]
388. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being considered to increase competition in the retail banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22045/26]
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]
87. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to request that the ombudsman use his power under section 25 (3) of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017, to prepare a report showing the annual total number of mediation cases for all banks compared with the total number of mediation cases for all Digital Banks (neobanks); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15576/2…
496. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm that the closed bidding session for PTSB has closed; the number of companies/entities that have expressed an interest in purchasing PTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/26]
497. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the State has requested a guarantee from any potential buyer of PTSB that jobs and the branch network will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/26]
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he as the main shareholder will oppose a sale of PTSB to private equity firm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12743/26]
499. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he raised the issue of outsourcing and off-shoring of roles in this recent meetings with the CEOs of Bank of Ireland and AIB; if he has concerns about the ability of both pillar banks to address potential cyber issues due to outsourcing and offshoring of roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/26]
500. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will reconvene the Banking Forum; if he will consider a joint initiative with the Minister for Finance in Northern Ireland, to hold a joint banking forum to plan and discuss with relevant stakeholder the future of banking on the Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/26]
172. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to increase competition in the retail banking sector following the withdrawal of several major banking institutions in recent years; the steps he is taking to ensure consumers, particularly in rural areas, have adequate access to banking services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10070/26]
187. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance ignored pre-Budget 2026 advice from officials within the Department of Finance, to introduce profitability bands to the bank levy, that would result in a greater amount of money paid by AIB and Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/26]
218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether investment funds, including so-called vulture funds, are subject to the same anti-money laundering and know your customer verification standards as banks operating in the State; whether any differentiated treatment applies in practice; and the rationale for any such differences. [7150/26]
410. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the State’s role in the oversight of Project Glas; the directions, assurances, or conditions issued to banks regarding the protection of borrowers’ statutory rights under the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4473/26]
411. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any monitoring undertaken by his Department to ensure that borrowers’ statutory and EU-derived consumer protections were upheld following the sale of loans under Project Glas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4474/26]
412. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the State, as majority shareholder in Permanent TSB at the time of the Project Glas mortgage sales, discharged its obligations to ensure that legally binding consumer protections were effectively enforced in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4475/26]
413. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which the Central Bank verifies that purchasers of loan portfolios including investment funds and credit servicers are complying with the CCMA and other statutory consumer protection obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4476/26]