Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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172. To ask the Minister for Finance the type of investigations the Central Bank have undertaken into illegal moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49092/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Neither I nor the Central Bank have any role in relation to this matter. Illegal money lending is a criminal offence and a matter for An Garda Síochána to investigate. Such matters are relevant to the Minister for Justice and Equality in the first instance.