Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand the directive, by requiring customers to provide more information about themselves when they are involved in setting up or maintaining accounts, should make it harder for this criminal activity to happen. This will be coming in. While the Deputy is correct to point to the statistics of successful criminal activity going up by 50%, the scale of such activity has gone up by far more than 50%. Due to the innate common sense of Irish people and their awareness of these issues, they are more and more aware of the risks posed to them by such activity. The lead agency and State body involved in dealing with criminal activity in this area is An Garda Síochána. After this meeting, I will be able to provide information to the Deputy on its success in that area.