Route 7 and credit servicing legislation
Deputy Mattie McGrath sought extension of Bus Éireann route 7 and raised the alleged unlawful detention of a Wicklow man in a credit-servicing dispute. The Taoiseach said the transport Bill’s heads had been cleared and the consumer-credit Bill awaited Committee Stage.
Ta cúpla ceisteanna agam. In view of the Taoiseach welcoming route 7 earlier, I want clarification, under the public transport Bill, that in respect of the commitment given last night by the same official from Bus Éireann-----
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Will that include the rest of route 7 from Castlecomer down to Clonmel and on to the Cork county boundaries?
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The Taoiseach might answer that question in view of the fact that he welcomed the extension of the first half of it.
On the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill, a man was freed from jail last week. I visited him last week. He was illegally held for 14 hours. Seven court appearances had to be made to get him out.
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The Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill. They falsely brought a man to court and incarcerated him. It took seven visits to the Supreme Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal but he is now free, thank God. He is a County Wicklow man. What these firms are doing is reckless. They are misleading the courts and bringing people to court illegally.
