4 Samh 2014, 14:29
The Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform will start its overview of the banking sector tomorrow, Wednesday, 5th November 2014 when it meets with Bank of Ireland Group Chief Executive Richie Boucher.
Committee Chairman Dr Liam Twomey TD said: “Earlier this year, the Finance Committee undertook an extensive series of hearings on mortgage arrears, meeting with all of the main players in the Irish banking sector and culminating in a report with a number of key recommendations. Tomorrow we will start hearings which will be taking a wider overview of the banking sector when we meet with Richie Boucher, Group Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland. This will be followed by meetings with senior executives from Permanent TSB, Ulster Bank and AIB next week. This overview is timely given the recent stress tests on banks which provided an indication of the general health of the banking sector here. It’s an opportunity for Members to question bank executives on their strategic priorities for their organisations, as well as discussing issues such as the disposal of the State’s shareholding, the impact of EU banking legislation, commercial lending and mortgage related matters.”
This meeting will take place at 2pm on Wednesday, 5th November 2014 in Committee Room 4.
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Committee Membership
Deputies
Richard Boyd-Barrett, People Before Profit
Michael Creed, Fine Gael
Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein
Regina Doherty, Fine Gael
Stephen Donnelly, Independent
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Alan Farrell, Fine Gael
Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil
Simon Harris, Fine Gael
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party
Heather Humphreys, Fine Gael
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein
Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party
Michael McGrath, Fianna Fáil
Dara Murphy, Fine Gael
Kieran O’Donnell, Fine Gael
Ciara Conway, Labour
Pat Rabbitte, Labour
Arthur Spring, Labour Party
Brian Stanley, Sinn Féin
Liam Twomey, Fine Gael
Senators
Sean D Barrett
Thomas Byrne
Paul Coghlan
Michael D’Arcy
Aideen Hayden
Tom Sheahan