Credit-servicing and judicial legislation
Mattie McGrath sought the promised regulation of credit-servicing firms, citing threatened borrowers and court cases, and asked about appeals under the judicial council legislation. The Taoiseach said the credit legislation was before committee and the judicial measure would come during the session.
I do not want to repeat myself-----
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-----by asking the Taoiseach a question six times. I will ask it in a slí eile. Will he introduce legislation-----
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The Deputy knows as well as I do that it is only promised legislation he can ask about.
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Thóg mé ón leabhar é, ón programme. Tá sé anseo. I have it here. I got it out of the book, the promised land. It is the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill. If we had some of that regulation we would not have half the shenanigans that are going on, with the banks threatening and intimidating people. With that legislation, they would have to behave.
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It is very important, because 47 cases are listed for Clonmel court this week.
On the judicial council Bill, I ask that we put some mechanism in place to allow appeals to be heard against decisions, so that if there are injustices, something would be done. It is fine for the Taoiseach to say he will bring forward many measures. These are legislative measures that are promised in the programme for Government.
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They are in this current programme, but we do not see any sign of them.