Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a very important issue, and I share the Deputy's concern that people in some families turn to moneylenders at this time of year in order to pay for Christmas and then find themselves in the spring having to pay back massive loans, much greater sums than the money they borrowed because of the high interest rates charged. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has a programme with the credit unions. It is called the It Makes Sense loan programme.

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