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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: No comment. What can be done to improve prevention? What should financial institutions do to reduce the level of crime? Assistant Commissioner Kelly referred to the fact that we do not see cash-in-transit robberies anymore. Obviously, that is a result of the declining level of cash but, in addition, the financial institutions changed their practices in terms of transferring cash by road....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: On that point, the Governor of the Central Bank appeared before the committee some weeks ago. Last year, I asked him whether he was concerned about crypto and he did not seem too concerned. When I asked him the same question this year, he expressed concern. He indicated that, in particular, he was concerned about the number of men in their 20s or 30s who were losing significant amounts of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Garda does not necessarily get involved if a person invests in crypto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Information and warning are important in order to deter this type of activity. The more that people are told about this, the more likely it is that they will have their guard up when it comes to responding to a fraudulent message on their phone. Should the financial institutions spend more money on advertising and warning people about this? They spend lots of money on advertising or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of what happens, Mr. Kelly discussed section 19 notifications with Deputy Doherty. Under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011, it is a criminal offence for a person to withhold information from the Garda if he or she has evidence of an offence being committed. If I am a victim of a crime and make a complaint to the Garda, I am then an individual complainant. Is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: If I do something on my phone and €5,000 is taken out of an account or something like that, what will the Garda do in terms of investigating that or its questioning of me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the average amount of fraud perpetrated through authorised push payment fraud?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes, on an individual basis. Individuals who come-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: What is the incidence of people getting their money back from the fraudster? I suspect it is low.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: For those victims who do not recover their money from the fraudster, is Mr. Cryan aware of the level of recovery they get from financial institutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will conclude by asking about the Garda national economic crime bureau staff. What percentage of the staff working within the bureau are fully attested gardaí and what percentage come from outside with expertise such as accountancy? Or are all of the staff gardaí?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Foreshore Issues (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if individual property owners can extend their boundaries by 100 sq metres, as per exempted regulations, given that there have been no major costal protection and reclamation works in east Meath since the area was hit by floods in 2013; if they can individually or collectively apply to the EU for funding to carry out protection work;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated by his Department to each local authority in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ministerial Responsibilities (31 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the now-completed integration of the disability portfolio from the Department of Health into the broader remit of his Department; the implications this will have on his Department's annual budget; the ambitions of his Department to progress work in the sphere of disability...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: The purpose of the Bill is to provide a remedy for litigants who, through no fault of their own, find themselves involved in proceedings that do not conclude within a reasonable time. This is a sensible proposal from the Government. It is also a necessary proposal. The House may be aware that there have been a series of cases against Ireland over the past ten to 15 years that have gone to...