Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Deputies Doherty and Conway-Walsh have asked all of the questions that I had in mind but I would like Mr. Ó Broin to clarify one matter. People access an advertisement or offer, attempt to purchase a product, leave the online site believing that they have purchased, but the product never arrives because the advertisement is a scam. Yet those advertisement continue to appear on Facebook. In fact, these advertisements are quite numerous on Facebook and state things like, "Store closing 90% off", "Outlet store 80% off", and "Flagship store 80% off", and then for particular brands of footwear, they state, "90% off". I fail to understand the explanation given to me as to why these advertisements cannot be tracked down and stopped.