Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

One recent item of correspondence we received brings this subject to mind. There is a recommendation in our draft report also under the heading of professional secrecy provisions as asserted and amended in various Acts since the Central Bank Act 1942. The correspondence details how somebody went to inquire about a bank's behaviour in such a matter and the bank could not disclose to the complainant whether the matter had been investigated or the outcome of any investigation. Before Matthew Elderfield's departure he said the Central Bank was engaged in looking at that matter. There is a FOI context to this issue because if the matter cannot be addressed in the context of FOI legislation, it should be addressed within the revision of the legislation governing the Central Bank. Does the Information Commissioner find that in the way the Central Bank deals with its own internal information some of the information comes into conflict with her role of ensuring information is available to customers?