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]
Topics / Banking Sector
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsBanking Sector
121 questions from 47 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 29 September 2026.
121
questions
115 written, 6 oral
47
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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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 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
62. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Finance the action he will be taking to complete the task of normalising the domestic banking system to best serve the interests of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16310/25]
68. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the profit obtained by the State from the sale of bank shares in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16079/25]
75. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to maintain access to cash and support its continued acceptance in Ireland's economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16309/25]
99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the risks posed by Government plans to increase lending by the banks to property developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16226/25]
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]
414. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to outline the value of foreign exchange reserves by Ireland as of end-2024; to provide a breakdown by currency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/25]
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]
303. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the regulation of Israel Bonds by the Central Bank of Ireland. [7292/25]
256. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the total amount on deposit in banks nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5688/25]
258. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of new licenses issued to companies offering equity release requests and lifetime loans in the Irish market over the past 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5829/25]
265. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he accepts the view of other central banks such as the Bank of England on a matter (details supplied) in relation to commercial banks and the process of money creation. [6066/25]
17. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his position on the future of the State’s remaining stake in Allied Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5151/25]
27. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce extremely high interest rates being charged to mortgage holders whose mortgages were sold to financial institutions after the crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5043/25]
41. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to help borrowers that have had mortgages sold to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/25]
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]
331. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance to examine a matter affecting Irish mortgage holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46779/24]
337. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise of the duties and obligations of financial institutions where a property in need of remediation work is repossessed by the lender bank, where failure to carry out the works will result in impacts on the other properties in the apartment block; if they have any obligation to carry out remediation; if not, the recourse available to recoup any …