Petition
Current Details
| Reference Number: | P00045/23 |
| Status: | Deliberations By Committee |
| Name of Petitioner: | Mr Peter O Donoghue |
| Petition Title: | Accept our cash |
| Submitted By: | Individual |
| Petition Text: | To the Houses of the Oireachtas
Today, more and more businesses and organisations in Ireland are implementing a policy of card and contactless payments only for financial transactions.
This policy can not be accepted in Ireland, as it is a discriminatory policy which discriminates against many various cohorts and sections of people in our society, who when it comes to paying for a service or product don’t use contactless payment methods but use cash instead. The people discriminated due to this policy include many of our elderly, homeless, intellectually disabled, recent immigrants, and people in general who might not have a bank account, credit card or smartphone for their own personal and private reasons.
Whilst card and contactless payment systems have many benefits for both businesses and customers and should continue being used, cash must always be accepted as legal tender as well in this country . A payment policy that enacts discrimination of any group or individual in our society can not be tolerated.
The people, who have signed this petition, demand that the Irish government implement legislation, which will make it illegal for any business or organisation to refuse cash where any financial transaction is to take place.
We demand that this legislation which will put an end to the discrimination outlined above be legislated immediately. Discrimination of any nature can never be tolerated in our country. |
Published: 17 Apr 2024 17:24:00
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