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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I will consult the officials for one moment. We will have more information because it has not been finally drafted yet, but I have been told that it relates to a debt relief programme for Somalia and Sudan and there may be a requirement for the payment in respect of that commitment to go from the Central Fund to the Central Bank. The wording and specifics are still being worked on.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: This relates to an existing-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I will give a commitment that I will not bring any information to Report Stage that I will not have made available to committee members in advance.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: 179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when legislation will be commenced and the expected completion date in respect of blended working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proactive measurers that are currently being taken by her Department to ensure that all post-primary schools have special classes in view of the number of students transferring from primary schools with special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details regarding special classes in secondary schools at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16303/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appeals process will open up in respect of schools that were not included in the recent extension of the DEIS school programme; if there are plans to further extend the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16627/22]

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to introduce the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill to Seanad Éireann. It is generally accepted that there is a need to improve the regulatory framework governing the provision of certain new types of finance to consumers. The Bill seeks to do that. Its primary objective is to provide that any firm which offers credit, hire...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I thank the various Senators who have contributed to this constructive debate and for their general overall support of the Bill. It is generally accepted there is a need to improve the regulatory framework governing the provision of PCP and BNPL types of finance to consumers. The provisions in this Bill are designed to ensure the Central Bank of Ireland consumer protection code and any...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the annual rate of consumer price inflation, as measured by the European Union's harmonised index of consumer prices, picked up sharply over the course of last year, and stood at 5.7 per cent in February; — the key drivers of this increase are...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I met with all of the representatives of the credit union organisations earlier this month and we have agreed a series of proposals in respect of the amending legislation that they are looking for. I encourage credit unions - as, I am sure, everybody else in this House would do - to avail of the opportunity presented by the closure of so many bank branches and the fact that some banks...

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: The Opposition-----

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: What is being proposed-----

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I am in the middle of making a point.

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: What I want to say in relation to the point I am making is that the legislation-----

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: I think the figure of 288% was quoted by both of us in our opening speeches. The Opposition is proposing that the 288% be brought down to 36%, a reduction of 252%. Our legislation is proposing a reduction in the maximum rate of 240%.

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: It will be a reduction from 288% down to 48%. What is being proposed is a reduction of 252% from 288%-----

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Seán Fleming: That is the scale of what is being proposed in terms of where we are with the de facto rate that is out there at the moment - the interest rates being charged - and what will come in under the new legislation. There is a difference between what the two sides of the House are proposing, but the message going out that everybody needs to hear is that regardless of which rate is introduced...