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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Under the directive, a spouse or somebody who in effect is your spouse is covered; a child is covered and the spouse of a child is covered. Has all of that been transposed into Irish law? There is an ability, I think, under the legislation for the Minister to define "immediate family member". Has that been defined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: So a statutory instrument could be introduced by the Minister, giving effect to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: If you look at subsection (11) of the section that contains the definition of PEPs, it says "the Minister may prescribe a class of family member of a politically-exposed person, for the purposes of paragraph (g) of the definition of “immediate family member” ... only if the Minister is satisfied that it would be appropriate for the provisions of this sections to be applied..."...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am not criticising the Minister for Justice, I am just saying that since 2018, no such statutory instrument has been signed by the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Looking at the research document produced by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service, I have not had any personal difficulties in terms of being a PEP, but one of the issues raised by some individuals is that their children who are involved in banking arrangements or looking for loans have been questioned as to whether or not they are the child of a PEP. I would have thought, from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: We do not engage as much with members of the senior Civil Service as the Department would, but we hear stories from politicians. Is it the case that the children of senior civil servants are subjected to the same rules?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is interesting that it obviously operates across the board, it is not just somebody persecuting politicians. On the obligations of the financial institution in respect of a PEP, they are set out in Article 20-24, I think, of the fourth directive, which may be amended. In effect, they have to have procedures in place so they can identify a PEP, is that correct? Then, they have to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: What happens if a financial institution sees a highly unusual lodgement of money into the account of a PEP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are we any aware of any such reports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Put it this way, is Mr. Bruen aware of any prosecutions under it or that have arisen from it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: In respect of a complaint made by a financial institution about a PEP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: If something unusual is in the account of a person who is a PEP, procedures are in place to report that to FIU and to An Garda Síochána and for that to be investigated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: This legislation has been here since 2018. I would have thought it is important for financial institutions and for State bodies to be aware of whether the people who are on the boards or are managing them are PEPs. It seems to me that there is no certainty as to whether they are or they are not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: Would it report it to An Garda Síochána?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas in which the funding that was allocated in Budget 2023 for BusConnects and MetroLink will be spent on. [49473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who applied for or expressed an interest in joining An Garda Síochána in 2022. [49759/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who applied for or expressed an interest in joining An Garda Síochána in 2021. [49761/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (11 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Bill to outlaw grooming children into crime that was announced in January 2021 will be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49762/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken by his Department to address the disparity in funding for trainee psychologists in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding that is available within his Department for charitable organisations that provide support for persons suffering from mental health illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49826/22]