Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Where the seller of the goods, the shop, advertises interest- and cost-free credit, it already falls within the scope of the legislation. The doubt is over whether the provision of credit to the shop by the company the Deputy referred to is covered by the original legislation. We are introducing the amendment just to make sure the provider falls under the authorisation of the Central Bank.

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