Forcing banks to refund victims of payment fraud ‘very complex’, finance official warns
New EU proposals stop short of extending right to refund to all victims duped into sending money to scammers
Finance Committee
Live: AIB tells Oireachtas committee it offers ‘no special deals for special individuals’ on debt write-off agreements
Finance committee told settlements involving write-offs ‘consistent across the board’ as it questions bank about policy on debt forgiveness in wake of controversy over DJ Carey debt
Finance committee deploys terse language over banker pay
Shelving €500,000 pay cap ‘inappropriate’ in the context of ‘significant harm’ sector ‘inflicted’ on customers
Removal of banker pay cap ‘inappropriate’ given ‘significant harm inflicted’
No evidence of ‘culture change’ within domestic sector, says finance committee in report
Updated Government strategy targets 5,000 new finance jobs as employment rises
Financial services sector’s green and digital transition are ‘great opportunities for Ireland’s economy’
Key figures in Holohan secondment to be invited before health committee
Pursuit of Robert Watt has touch of ‘witch hunt’ about it, warns Taoiseach
Robert Watt criticised over ‘lack of engagement’ on Holohan secondment
Finance committee asks top civil servant for documents relating to TCD appointment
Fraser supportive of Holohan secondment but ‘not involved in detailed arrangements’
Country’s top civil servant also indicates he did not discuss the proposal with Taoiseach
Whistleblower safeguards do not go far enough, says McGrath
Protected disclosures Bill to provide for transposition of EU directive into Irish law
Pricewatch’s 2021: An expensive year for consumers
Covid, Brexit, rising energy costs and supply chain issues combined to put the squeeze on
EU proposes cap on rates charged by moneylenders
Commission wants information related to credits to be presented in a clear way
Moneylenders ‘ripping off’ people with ultra-high interest rates – Sinn Féin
Party is seeking amendment to legislation proposing 36% cap on APR for borrowers
Taxation of ‘cuckoo funds’ key to deterring block-buying, says Minister
Finance officials considered special tax increase on funds buying up Irish property
Minister asked if salary increase for health job is now ‘unnecessary’
Question posed to McGrath after €80,000 pay rise for Department of Health secretary general role
Taoiseach defends health chief Robert Watt’s pay increase of €80,000 as ‘appropriate’
Fianna Fáil TD criticises information provided to PAC over salary
Cabinet to be warned public spending levels are unsustainable
Pandemic supports burning through cash quicker than anticipated
DAA’s annual report to be brought before Cabinet ahead of expected major losses
Passengers at Dublin Airport declined by 78% to almost 7.4 million in 2020
Combative style key to choice of Robert Watt as top health mandarin
Salary rise of €80,000 to €292,000 a year indicative of desire to pursue ‘reform’ agenda
Miriam Lord’s Week: A win for the invisible women of Leinster House
The lack of recognition for the cleaners of this (very big) building is about to be rectified
Financial control will add to the security of Wexford Festival Opera
Effective controls on artistic expenditure appear to have been nonexistent
Niall Quinn and Gary Owens reassure FAI staff about future
Interim bosses had 'positive' meeting about association’s finances and prospects for future
RTÉ wrestles with future while reminiscing about the golden age of the past
Inside Politics: Dee Forbes blunt about need for Government funding
Dáil committee to investigate insurance ‘price discrimination’
Companies are giving existing customers inflated renewal prices, says Pearse Doherty
KBC moves to clarify position on tracker mortgage time limits
Bank tells watchdog it won’t challenge complaints outside six-year limit
Barriers to ‘no consent, no sale’ Bill can be overridden, say legal advisers
Sinn Féin Bill would give mortgage owners a veto on the sale of their loan to a so-called vulture fund
Bogus insurance claims account for 3 per cent of garda fraud work, TDs told
Increase in claimants seeking money for ‘home help’ driving up costs, FBD alleges
Some €40m due from tax defaulters remains unpaid
Figures show €15.5m remains unpaid by in tax, penalties and interest from 2018
Little new information in Watt’s meetings with Oireachtas committees
Expenditure head did not want to get in to ‘who knew what when’ on hospital cost
Revenue reveals plans for a no-deal Brexit as Varadkar to highlight concerns in Davos
Inside Politics: Fianna Fáil and SDLP will give details of their new partnership today
FF TD accuses party leaders of having ‘no backbone’ on vulture fund Bill
Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness calls for recall of the Dáil over mortgage arrears issue
Insurance claims database not likely before 2019, Minister says
Government criticised at Oireachtas committee for not grasping ‘gravity’ of high premiums
Vulture funds are a ‘cancer’ that will trigger thousands of repossessions
Campaigner tells Oireachtas committee State has entered dangerous phase of arrears story
Shock, horror! Philip Lane warns house prices may go down as well as up
Cantillon: Central Bank governor mentions property and gets everyone’s attention
Central Bank governor warns of potential fall in house prices
John McGuinness says so-called vulture funds ‘running rings’ around the Central Bank
Fianna Fáil can win next general election, says Micheál Martin
Party leader says reshuffle does not mean early election
AIB accused of concocting 7.9% tracker rate to suit redress aims
Bank added 4,000 customers to redress scheme under pressure from Central Bank
PTSB under fire for refusing to appear before Oireachtas committee
Lender is criticised after turning down request to answer questions on loan sale
Market turmoil, tracker scandals and sporting profits
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk
AIB chief admits bank benefited by up to €100m from tracker scandal
Bernard Byrne tells Oireachtas finance committee that two people who lost homes have appealed the level of compensation offered by the bank
Local property tax under review, cut price clothing from Dealz, and Moody’s glum about Irish upgrade
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk
TDs call for class actions in tracker mortgage scandal
Culture won’t change until banks are prosecuted, committee hears
Issue of mortgage overcharging has still some way to go
Regulators, politicians and banks are finally moving to deal with the problem
Tax avoidance is not a ‘victimless issue,’ says Fianna Fáil
Michael McGrath says there is a ‘very fine line’ between tax avoidance and tax evasion
State defers action against banks over tracker scandal
Central Bank to consider more protection as some lenders delay compensation
‘Couldn’t be simpler’ to bring charges against tracker scandal banks
Central Bank says it has ‘discussed’ the matter of a criminal probe with gardaí
Governor says Central Bank had to force banks to deal with tracker situation
Philip Lane says not all lenders addressed ‘unacceptable failings’
Banks should be restricted over mortgage scandal, TD says
Call comes as new figures show 12,500 customers had mortgages changed
Legal action against banks over tracker scandal remote - financial advisor
Up to 30,000 homeowners may have been wrongly removed from tracker mortgages
Tracker mortgage scandal: Varadkar urges banks to repay what is owed immediately
Taoiseach says as far as I am concerned the date for doing this should be ‘yesterday’
Children with Asperger’s ‘suffering’ due to tracker mortgage debt
John McGuinness calls on Central Bank to compel banks to deal with tracker issues immediately
Kathy Sheridan: You might not like her, but Jackie Lavin has a point about banks
She claims Bill Cullen’s business and thousands of others could have been saved
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