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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: How many of those complaints have been received by the Central Bank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: How many complaints have been referred to An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: How many? Twenty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Have ten or 20 cases been referred? How many cases have been referred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: That is in terms of illegal moneylending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: The Central Bank has received ten or possibly 20 complaints and has referred them all to An Garda Síochána. Has the Central Bank received any complaints from the public or any other source regarding the companies it regulates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: But are there any complaints?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: The Central Bank has had ad hoccommunications about the companies it regulates but it does not know how many of these ad hoccommunications it has received.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: In essence, the Central Bank's consumer protection role engages it at a macro level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: It does not get its hands dirty with the general consumer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: The consumer protection title is actually misleading.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Would Deputy Doherty like to conclude the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Resumed): Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (12 May 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank the Deputy. This concludes the committee's business for the day. I thank Ms McEvoy and Mr. O'Brien from the Central Bank for their input. I thank the members for attending. The meeting is now suspended until 3.15 p.m.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in County Kilkenny. [23919/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (11 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the concession put in place by the Revenue Commissioners relative to the payment of tax due by employees arising from the temporary wage subsidy scheme allowing the employer to pay the tax without any benefit-in-kind implications for the employee; if so, if categories of employees (details supplied) will be included; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus transport will be provided on a qualifying rather than a concessionary basis from Corraguan, Windgap, County Kilkenny, to a school for persons (details supplied); if the appeal lodged with the school transport appeals board will be expedited and approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory); and if their record of contributions will be provided. [23772/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 716. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements his Department has made to provide vaccinations for students participating in the Erasmus programme and that must provide proof of full vaccination to the participating college abroad before 15 June 2021; if he will outline the plan immediately to ease the concerns of parents and students that are now having to commit to cost of travel and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Diseases (11 May 2021)

John McGuinness: 954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a second BVD test can be carried out on the herd owned by a person (details supplied); the action to be taken by his Department and herd owner; the costs involved; and the reason for the change of rule in this regard. [23773/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Maybe I will take up from where Deputy Harkin left off in the context of policy coherence and the value of this Bill. The Bill itself is timely. It is a Bill that has gone through committee scrutiny successfully. In the course of that it has invited various other recommendations and no doubt in the course of the Committee Stage, more ideas and inputs will be brought forward and made, which...