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Wed 03 Mar 2007Credit card surcharges by retailers set to be outlawedThe Government is to ban retailers from levying extra charges on consumers for paying by credit card or failing to pay by direct debit.Under legislation expected to pass through the Oireachtas within weeks, traders will be prohibited from imposing extra charges on consumers based on their method of payment - be it cash, credit card, direct debit or any other prescribed method.