Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is well aware that there is currently a huge trade in precious metals through the cash-for-gold outlets and various pop-up shops that are creeping into towns and villages all over the place. They are accepting precious items for cash, so that will also feed into this. I am not trying to be populist, but it is a question of treating people with respect and dignity. It is not easy to square the circle but perhaps a little more thought from within the Minister's Department could come up with a figure. As Deputy Donnelly said, the Minister has managed to produce figures on all the other items.

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