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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 27 September 2022, his plans to increase the number of staff to ensure that a faster processing timeline is achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish residence permits renewals can be extended beyond one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49408/22]

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is now nearly 20 years since the legislation that established the Personal Injuries Assessment Board was enacted by the Houses of the Oireachtas. If we look back to 2002 and 2003, we can see there were three reasons the Houses of the Oireachtas decided we wanted to establish a new statutory body to assess personal injuries. At that time, there was a great desire to have insurance reform....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (5 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 323. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to establish an independent radiation therapist review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48832/22]

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

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank our guests for coming before the committee. In this era of transparency, I should announce at the outset that I, like everyone else on this committee, am a politically exposed person. That might be taken for granted but it is worth saying it. May I ask Mr. Bruen, has the fifth directive been fully transposed into Irish law yet?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: I think I am correct in saying that the fifth directive really just amends parts of the fourth directive and that the fourth directive sets out the substance of what is required. Is that correct?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Looking at our primary law, it is in the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 that the fourth directive has been transposed into Irish law. That is where most of the legislation is contained.

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

Jim O'Callaghan: In the Irish legislation, we define "politically exposed person" by saying three categories of person are covered: a specified official, a member of the administrative management or supervisory body of a State-owned enterprise and any individual performing prescribed functions. Is that correct? Then we go on to define what a specified official is.

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Are senior civil servants regarded as politically exposed persons?

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 the definition that is relevant to that question, the only way they would come under the legislation is if they fitted within the definition of "a member of the administrative management or supervisory body of a State-owned enterprise". As an example, not for any specific reasons, look at something like An Bord Pleanála, would the people in charge or who are members of...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: I can understand Mr. Bruen's reticence because, just looking at it, it is difficult to determine who is covered by it. We know that a Member of Parliament is covered by it because it expressly states so, but when it says a "member of the administrative management or supervisory body of a State-owned enterprise", I do not know how that law is being implemented. Is anyone issuing guidelines...

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Who will issue that guidance?

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

Jim O'Callaghan: Ultimately, it is for a financial institution to get its own legal advice to assess whether or not its customers come within the definition of a PEP.

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...