Clare Daly
Question:334. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with Garda authorities further to information supplied to him in relation to allegations of money laundering (details supplied). [31314/15]
View answerTuesday, 22 September 2015
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I am aware of the allegations made in the programme in February 2015 to which the Deputy refers.
As I said in reply to the previous Parliamentary Question to which the Deputy referred, criminal wrongdoing is a matter for An Garda Síochána.
On the issue more generally, in Ireland money laundering has been treated as a very serious offence since the passing of the Criminal Justice Act in 1994. The law in this area was updated by the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, as amended by Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 2013 ("the Act"). The Act transposes European Union Law on money laundering (the Third Money Laundering Directive (2005/60/EC) and its Implementing Directive (2006/70/EC)) into Irish Law.
Newly agreed measures on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism mean that amendments to the Act will be necessary by June 2017.