31 DFómh 2012, 14:01
The Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform will resume its hearings into the banking sector tomorrow, Thursday, 1st November, 2012 when it meets with the Chairman and Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland.
Ciarán Lynch, TD, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, said: “The Chairman and Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland will address the Committee on the bank’s operations and functions when we resume our hearings into the banking sector tomorrow.
As part of the Committee’s banking module, we are meeting with the senior executives of Ireland’s banks so that we can get a thorough understanding of the current state of individual Irish banks and the banking sector in general.
Tomorrow, we will have an opportunity to question Bank of Ireland’s executives on the most recent developments at the bank, including restructuring and rationalisation and the impact this is having on its banking business and operations, lending, staffing and branch numbers.
In particular, we will also be interested in discussing the bank’s policy on lending and providing credit to businesses and individuals which is so vital for the functioning of our economy.”
This meeting will take place on Thursday, 1st November at 10.30am in Committee Room 3.
Committee proceedings can be followed live at:
http://www.oireachtas.ie/ViewDoc.asp?fn=/documents/livewebcast/Web-Live.htm&CatID=83&m=o
For further information please contact:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551
Committee Membership
Deputies
Richard Boyd-Barret, People Before Profit
Michael Creed, Fine Gael
Jim Daly, Fine Gael
Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein
Stephen Donnelly, Independent
Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party
Heather Humphreys, Fine Gael
Kevin Humphreys, Labour Party
Peter Mathews, Fine Gael
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein
Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Chairman)
Michael McGrath, Fianna Fáil
Michael McNamara, Labour Party
Dara Murphy, Fine Gael
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Kieran O’Donnell, Fine Gael
Arthur Spring, Labour Party
Brian Stanley, Sinn Féin
Billy Timmins, Fine Gael
Liam Twomey, Fine Gael
Senators
Sean D Barrett
Thomas Byrne
Paul Coghlan
Michael D’Arcy
Aideen Hayden
Tom Sheahan