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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Did he listen to the experts that came before the finance committee who told us that is not true and that we need to reduce this rate further? A rate of 126% APR is immoral. There is no way I am voting for the legislation, especially at a time of pressure on workers and families. The Minister of State is saying that instead of them charging €560 interest on a €1,000 loan, we...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I want to tease that out a little bit further. Is there any evidence? The Minister of State has said half of the moneylenders will not be affected by the Bill because their charges are below the maximum rate and half are above it and they will be affected. The core point that he made is that this would scare people off. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party believe that if...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister of State accept that the majority do not?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The majority do not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to the consultation the Minister of State referred to, does he accept the majority of people who stated a rate stated one lower that than that which he is asking us to legislate for?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Fleming is the Minister of State. Let us do it. We can do it here. Surprise, surprise, we can actually do it in the next few minutes. The Minister of State can support my amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State is not getting away with that. He is actually going to vote against a reduced interest rate. That is what is going to happen in the next few minutes. He cannot have it both ways. He has failed to tell this committee how he came up with an annual percentage rate, APR, of 126% for moneylenders for a €1,000 loan over 12 months. He has acknowledged that the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I give notice I intend to bring an amendment on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is a mistake in the context of how they operate and how they target vulnerable customers. Is there anything in the legislation that will ban the practice of promoting new loans to customers who are nearing final repayments? We challenge the interest that is being charged to someone who takes out a six-month loan from a moneylender, and we can see that they are paying possibly ten to 12...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Nobody is suggesting it is not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What are the repercussions for a breach of the two new offences under section 3? I welcome those offences but what are the repercussions for their breach?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister of State accept that the majority of moneylenders licensed in this State do not collect door to door are not licensed to apply collection charges?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, in tabular form. [22937/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, in tabular form. [22938/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of debt warehoused by high wealth individuals through the debt warehousing scheme disaggregated by tax head; and the number of high-wealth individuals that have warehoused debt through the scheme. [23127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue in time for planned travel for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue on time for planned travel for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 435. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will issue for a family (details supplied) in County Donegal in time for planned travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue in time for travel for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23385/22]