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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I would very much welcome a note on the issue and what the Central Bank will do with the PPS numbers in terms of the central credit register.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That leads me to the question I asked at the start. If I go to buy a car now, does the Central Bank check with the Department of Social Protection for each loan that it is a valid PPS number?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Well, the Minister of State said it is about verifying the PPS number with the parent Department. It would be helpful to get a note on what the Central Bank will do with the data.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: On amendment No. 5, which deals with the central credit register, as I pointed out to the Minister of State, some one third of individuals actually miss their repayments under buy now, pay later financing. The Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, has done a report on this issue in the past and there have been studies across the water in relation to this. How will this affect people now...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: So, consider the student who goes to buy that jacket. As far as I know - and correct me if I am wrong - the central credit register has a minimum application anyway, which I believe is €500. It would have to be an expensive jacket. Up until now, if that person missed a payment he or she would not have it appear on central credit register, but from now on it will appear.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What of multiple loans or purchases where people fall into-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It can. Of course it can. The information must be passed over. The central credit register has been operating for a number of years now without PPS numbers. I am not arguing the point, I just want to know what the process is with this amendment. I am, however, very concerned about the facilitation of credit to people who cannot afford it. I am also very concerned that, given what is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 6: In page 18, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report by Central Bank on Buy Now Pay Later products 17. (1) The Central Bank shall, no later than six months following the date in which this section is commenced, present a report to the Minister for Finance examining Buy Now Pay Later products with particular reference to, but not restricted...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is very disappointing, if not surprising. The irony is that Deputy Fleming, who is the Minister of State with responsibility for insurance, brought legislation before the House that only asks for a report on dual pricing. He then went on radio and claimed that he was going to ban dual pricing but he had no hand, act or part in that. He knows that it was me who made the complaint to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We have debated long and hard the impact of carbon taxes and the failure of the Minister to reach out to his colleagues in the European Commission to speak about the potential of reducing VAT. This has not happened, despite the fact I raised it with the Minister in September. Deputy Carroll MacNeill rightly points out the Minister brought forward a tax package. The largest part of that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he has held with an organisation (details supplied) or insurance undertakings since 24 April 2021 to discuss the personal injuries guidelines and ensuring savings made as a result of the new guidelines are passed onto consumers in the form of reduced premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9696/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister outline to the House the meetings he has had with insurance stakeholders over the past period?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has been responsible for this scheme since 2017. I asked him when the engagements happened. He said there were ongoing engagements in 2020. Was that the first time the board of appeal raised concerns with him? Can he indicate to the House the first time he was made aware that they would not continue to operate this scheme because of its discriminatory nature or the concerns...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is still not clear when the board first raised concerns about this. It appears the Minister has only met the board once in the five years he has held responsibility. Maybe he can clarify that. Forget about the board of appeals. Has the Ombudsman not been raising this directly with the Minister? The Ombudsman made clear that he wrote to the Minister for Finance and the Minister with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is a sweetheart deal.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is changing the subject. On the floor of the Dáil he cannot defend his own policy of a sweetheart tax deal.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister thinks it is dangerous to ask who pays tax, and not fleece people in this market and push up house prices.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of engagements he has had with the Ombudsman and Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal regarding the eligibility criteria under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme since 2017; the actions he has taken following and in response to such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: For years, citizens with severe and permanent disabilities have been denied access to personal transport through the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, a scheme the Minister has been responsible for since 2017. In October, the entire board of appeal resigned due to his inaction. This board assessed appeals from citizens who were rejected under the scheme. They resigned en...

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister can shake his head all he wants, but many people are fed up with the type of politics he is doing and the pressure he is putting on ordinary families.