130. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of complaints returned by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to complainants or their representatives on the grounds that the complaint was not signed by all parties or was not signed in ink, in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; if he will request this information from the Ombudsman where it is n…
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131. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the legal basis under the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 for a requirement that a complaint relating to a jointly held mortgage be signed by all parties before it is accepted; if his Department was consulted before this requirement was applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70597/26]
132. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the National Incident Management System operated by the State Claims Agency contains a category, field or sub-category for incidents relating to delayed ambulance allocation or ambulance response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70625/26]
133. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims managed by the State Claims Agency arising from alleged delay in ambulance response or allocation in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the total amount paid in respect of such claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70619/26]
134. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether a mortgage complaint returned by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman on procedural grounds and subsequently resubmitted retains its original date of lodgement for the purposes of section 49 of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017; the implications for a borrower where court proceedings have commenced in the interim…
135. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Minister considers a period of ten days to be a reasonable timeframe for a consumer to remedy a signature deficiency in a complaint to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, particularly where a joint borrower is separated, estranged, deceased, living abroad or otherwise unavailable; the provision made for such cases; and if he wi…
136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of incidents recorded on the National Incident Management System by the State Claims Agency relating to the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by incident category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70617/26]
137. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the National Incident Management System operated by the State Claims Agency contains a category, field or sub-category for incidents relating to delayed ambulance allocation or ambulance response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70614/26]
138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman began requiring ink signatures on complaint forms; whether electronic signatures were accepted before that date; whether the requirement is being applied to complaints lodged before it took effect; whether the requirement is consistent with the Electronic Commerce Act 2000; and if a stat…
141. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims managed by the State Claims Agency arising from alleged delay in ambulance response or allocation in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, the total amount paid in respect of such claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70628/26]
142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of incidents recorded on the National Incident Management System by the State Claims Agency relating to the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by incident category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70627/26]
145. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Department has received correspondence regarding the return of mortgage complaints by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman on signature grounds; the number of such representations received in 2026; the action taken in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70611/26]
268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the action being taken to protect mortgage holders whose loans have been sold to non-bank entities and who are being charged interest rates in excess of 6%; if any assessment has been made of the link between these rates and the rise in early arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67903/26]
269. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of principal dwelling home mortgage accounts in arrears that are held by credit servicing firms and other non-bank entities; the average interest rate applied to these accounts compared with accounts held by retail banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67902/26]
270. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of principal dwelling home mortgage accounts that entered early arrears (under 90-days) in each of the last four quarters; the number of these classified as first-time arrears cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67901/26]
218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the range of oil price and supply shock scenarios currently being modelled by his Department. [23355/26]
188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department monitors trends in the proportion of complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman which are deemed inadmissible or closed prior to full investigation; and whether any assessment has been made of the impact of such trends on effective consumer access to redress. [9068/26]
189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, following the 2023 Periodic Critical Review of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, his Department has considered further evaluation of admissibility thresholds or screening criteria applied to complaints; and if not, to state the basis on which he is satisfied that current arrangements strike an appropriate balance between indepen…
190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the National Risk Assessment currently being finalised includes specific consideration of reputational risk arising from enforcement intensity, settlement practices, or beneficial ownership verification; and when he expects the assessment to be published. [9072/26]
191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any concerns regarding Ireland's practical application of anti-money laundering or know-your-customer controls have been raised with his Department by EU institutions or international standard-setting bodies since 2021; and if so, to outline the general nature of those concerns. [9073/26]
377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to his stated intention to introduce additional regulation of high-cost credit and consumer lending, the specific categories of lending he proposes to regulate, including online retail credit, premium finance arrangements, and other non-bank consumer credit providers; and the policy objectives such regulation is intended to achieve. [7623/26]
378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the Central Bank has assessed the scale and growth of high-cost and unregulated consumer lending in the State over the past five years; the number of providers operating in this space; and the estimated number of consumers currently accessing such credit. [7624/26]
379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he accepts that a significant proportion of consumers who access high-cost or unregulated credit do so due to exclusion from mainstream banking; whether any socio-economic analysis has been undertaken on the profile of such borrowers; and how proposed regulatory measures will prevent vulnerable consumers being exposed to exploitative lending …
380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the regulatory proposals he has signalled will include statutory caps on total credit cost or effective annual percentage rates for both regulated and currently unregulated consumer lending; and if not, the justification for permitting high interest rates in circumstances where borrowers have limited or no alternative access to credit. [7626/…
381. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the timeline by which he expects draft legislative or regulatory proposals on high-cost credit to be brought forward; whether public consultation or impact assessment will form part of this process; and how consumer protection outcomes will be measured once any new regulatory framework is introduced. [7627/26]