Written answers
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Department of Finance
Registered Moneylenders
5:00 pm
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders operating in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17289/09]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Particulars regarding registered moneylenders are provided by the Financial Regulator in its register of moneylenders.
The Register may be accessed via the link: http://registers.financialregulator.ie/DownloadsPage.aspx. The Financial Regulator is not required to maintain details on the local authority area in which the registered moneylender operates.
P Aydaq
Posted on 7 May 2009 6:11 pm (Report this comment)
Until quite recently, licenced moneylenders were obliged to register annual for each District Court District in which they operated. There are 23 of these in the State broadly corresponding to local authorities. Registration requirements were changed to allow licenced moneylenders to operate anywhere in the State, therefore the Ministers response about not maintinaing details on the local authority area is correct.