I am concerned that when the Competition Authority, having thrown questions into the public arena, makes its recommendations on insurance brokers, it will be ignored because of strong political lobbying in this House and the Lower House. Is there any need for insurance brokers at all? Can we do without them? This is the fundamental …
Monthly Archive
for: ‘February, 2004’
The Most Vulnerable People Suffer from Bank Abuses
I am tired of hearing the Revenue Commissioners will prosecute hundreds of small individuals and then tell the Oireachtas committee they will do nothing about the banks. In some cases, the individuals concerned were traduced into this by people in the banks. The only penalty that the banks or those working for them have paid …
Promised Review of Auctioneers Has Not Yet Materialised
The Minister came to the House and pledged that a commission would be set up to look into the activities of auctioneers and to make recommendations with a view to regulating the area or introducing legislation. No such body has been set up. I ask the Leader to consider making representations to the Department that …
E-liminate E-Voting
I regret the introduction of electronic voting. I take on board the argument that it will be overseen by public servants and therefore be as impartial as anything else they oversee. However, I believe that the old system had something special. My regret has nothing to do with technophobia. The count went on for so …