Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-24
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

The Minister has outlined his disgust at what KBC Bank Ireland has done in robbing and stealing from its customers. Tens of thousands of business owners, including musicians, contractors, taxi drivers and bus operators, are waiting anxiously to see if the banks will extend the repayment moratorium, which will run out in a couple of days. The Minister told a Deputy earlier that the Minister for Finance would be meeting with representatives of the banks next Tuesday. Why put people through this misery during the Covid-19 pandemic? The banks must be dragged kicking and screaming all the time to act instead of being up front with and half decent to their customers and giving them peace of mind. These customers are hanging on by their fingernails trying to provide for their families and their employees. It is shocking. The banks in this country act like it is the Wild West. They do not respect any business or any customer's length of time doing business with them. Surely the Government can decide that the banks must offer a moratorium and deal with people sensitively during this time of need.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-24