Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Report on Licensed Moneylending Industry: Central Bank of Ireland

4:25 pm

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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That is always the argument made against doing anything. With any legal vice in society, people say that if we touch or regulate it too much, it will move underground. Is that a good enough excuse?