Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I do not want to fall out with him but, for the record, there were attempts to move this on Committee Stage. He is absolutely right that when I raised this with the then Minister, Michael McGrath, he said he would investigate it, but this legislation was going to go ahead. We stalled it, therefore, because this is the best vehicle to deal with it. That does not matter but I am highlighting it for the record.

I welcome the Minister of State's clarification that those involved in credit servicing before the 2015 or the 2018 Acts will now be captured regardless of whether they are authorised. In order that it will be on the record, will he give the same clarification that those involved in credit servicing activities prior to the commencement of either of those items of legislation, but before their authorisation, will also be captured?

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