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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Services for People with Disabilities, Social Welfare Benefits, Health Services, Special Educational Needs, Social Welfare Code

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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Oct 2018)

“This amendment relates to the requirement for a designated person to monitor customers with whom he or she has a business relationship. The words to be inserted make it clear that the monitoring is to be done only to the extent that it is warranted by the risk in a particular case of money laundering or terrorist financing. This is in line with the directive which mandates a risk-based...”

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Oct 2018)

“This measure relates to customer due diligence measures for politically-exposed persons. In general these measures must be carried out before a customer opens an account. However, a bank can allow an account to be opened without first carrying out the measures as long as no transactions are carried out. This amendment extends that exception to all financial institutions in line with the...”

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Oct 2018)

“These are technical amendments. They relate to the conditions under which a designated person can rely on a third party to carry out anti-money-laundering measures on his or her behalf. Under the current requirement the person must be satisfied that the third party will provide him or her with relevant documents or information. These amendments clarify that it is not necessary if certain...”

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• Has spoken in 41 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 482 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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