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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of victims of, and the value of money stolen through, authorised push payment fraud in each of the years 2016 to 2022; the actions his Department will take to tackle authorised push payment fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11519/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In relation to push payments, financial fraud and scams are on the rise. According to FraudSMART, the fraud awareness initiative led by Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, fraudsters stole nearly €45 million through frauds and scams in the second half of 2021, an increase of 50% compared with the previous year. Citizens are increasingly aware and frightened of the techniques...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: As we know, authorised push payment fraud occurs when a fraudster tricks somebody into making a payment to a bank account that the fraudster controls. An individual could see a holiday on a website and purchase it for thousands of euro only to find out that he or she has been the victim of a scam or an individual may enter a dating relationship through an online dating app and transfer money...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We need to address APP fraud and start with protecting victims and putting more pressure on banks and payment providers to improve their systems. Requiring compensation to victims would do both. I have been in contact with an individual who was a victim of APP fraud. Payments were made through a bank in Britain and a bank in this State, and while she was compensated by the British bank,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is two years on. I remember the Minister of State's party leader, Deputy Varadkar, saying that he would give the insurance companies six months or else. We now hear the Government saying the same thing about the energy companies. The Minister of State with responsibility in this area is now basically giving the pitch the insurance industry gave immediately after the reforms, which is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State would not agree because it is very clear from what she is saying that she is going to take very little action. Two years on, claims and awards have fallen dramatically. Does the Minister of State know what has gone up? It is the profits of the insurance industry. The industry combined made €176 million in 2021, which is a 13% increase and the highest figure in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No, it does not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It benefits the insurance industry.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the insurance sector is providing insurance pricing that reflects the fall in the number and value of claims since the introduction of the personal injuries guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11518/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The new personal injury guidelines came into effect in April 2021 and the reforms were introduced to reduce the price for consumers, not to generate the savings and boost the profits of the insurance industry. There is growing frustration that the benefits of these reforms are being captured by the insurance industry and the companies, rather than being passed on to consumers and businesses....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of targeted and temporary mortgage interest relief to absorb a portion of increased interest costs since June 2022 on primary dwelling home mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11517/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Tá a fhios ag an Aire - agus tá le tamall - go bhfuil an ECB ag cur rátaí morgáiste suas le 3%. The European Central Bank, ECB, has increased its key interest rate by 3% and it is expected to go up, on 16 March, another 0.5% with further increases flagged for later in the year. These increases have not worked fully through the Irish system uniformly. However, there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister talks about the interest rate in terms of new mortgages, and I do not dispute his facts, but will he acknowledge, when all outstanding Irish mortgages are taken into account, that they are significantly higher than the European average? In December, they were 2.88% while the European average was 1.89%. Ireland's mortgages are actually much higher than the European average....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This is my last point.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Government has not brought forward a single solution for these individuals. Does the Government plan to do so?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We have the data on that but let us deal with individuals. A person contacted me about mortgages sold to Pepper that have increased by €520. Another person's mortgage increased by €560. If that is multiplied over a year, it amounts to thousands more euro they have to pay. They were sold a lie. They were told they would be no worse off if their loans were sold to a vulture....

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas le gach Teachta Dála a labhair ar an ábhar seo. Is ábhar fíorthábhachtach é seo mar tá daoine amuigh ansin ag fulaingt le billí atá ag dul in airde. Tá daoine ag fáil billí €1,000, €1,300 agus €1,500. Tá go leor Teachtaí ar an taobh seo den Teach ag cur billí mar seo os...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Notional. It is being applied across half of Europe.

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is.

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Dáil record will show that the then Minister for Finance opposed them.