Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Tánaiste's remarks about the legislation, but credit unions are prohibited by legislation from using PPS numbers in the way they were used in this case. Once PPS numbers are given out to a third party, there is the potential for other people to acquire them.

It would not be easy, but has anything been done as a result of this case? Private investigators posing as public officials rang the Department, gave people's PPS numbers, which they should not have had in the first place, and consequently were given the people's addresses, which they passed on to the credit union. Can any action be taken to ensure this does not recur?

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