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Carrier Bag Levy – Price Threshold
The current consultation document outlines the Department’s intention to increase the levy on single use carrier bags to 10 pence. The paper also proposes that any reusable bag sold for less than 40 pence will also be subject to the levy.
- Transport
Ways to Pay Report
A report into Northern Ireland consumers' views on making payments.
- Personal Finances
Airports Commission Discussion Paper 04: Airport Operational Models
Given Northern Ireland’s geographic location, the region’s passengers are dependent on air travel to access GB destinations and further afield. The Northern Ireland’s air links, both international and domestic make an important contribution to the region’s economic growth and social well-being, supporting trade and inward investment and facilitating tourism.
- Transport
Consultation Response to Publishing Information about Enforcement Warning Notices
- Personal Finances
Flight Disruption - Your Rights
If your flight is delayed or cancelled or if you are denied boarding because your airline has overbooked the flight, the airline is required by law to inform you of your rights.
- Transport
Safer Ways to Pay
The method of payment you use can affect the level of protection you have when: Paying deposits; Shopping on the high street; Shopping online; and shopping abroad. This guide will give you greater confidence around the protection different payment methods provide.
Updated January 2019
- Other
- Consumer Skills
- Personal Finances
Developing Customer Focused Key Performance Indicators for Translink, June 2013
This paper provides the Consumer Council‟s view of the need for the development of passenger focused key performance indicators which will form part of the forthcoming contract between Translink and the Department for Regional Development (DRD).
- Transport
Opening a Bank Account
This guide informs consumers how to open and maintain an account with a bank, building society or credit union.
- Personal Finances
The Consumer Council has urged summer holiday-makers to pack a copy of its ‘Plane Facts’ or ‘Plain Sailing’ guides, as part of a campaign to raise awareness of passengers’ rights. We also want to hear from any passengers who experience problems when travelling by plane or ferry.
- Transport
The Consumer Council has welcomed a new current account switching service, due to launch in September 2013.
- Personal Finances