Pearse Doherty
Question:84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 23 April 2013, when he stated he welcomed KBC Group’s commitment to the Irish market and note that it is planning to develop its business in Ireland further with new retail branches and distribution platforms to be rolled out in 2013 and continued expansion of its retail product portfolio; if he will confirm the quantum of new lending by KBC in Ireland in 2013; and his views on KBC’s deposit gathering operation which has seen retail deposits increase threefold since 2011 from €1 billion to €2.9 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2013. [51831/13]
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