Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Mr. Matthew Elderfield:

I would not say fragile. I know there is unfinished business and that is something I debated a lot about. That is a fair point. I know there are still big challenges ahead. A big one is the single supervisor. That is kind of a big break mark where banking supervision is going to go to the ECB. One could ask whether it makes sense to be in there for a short amount of time. I would not say the situation is fragile. There is a strong platform. The numbers are there. The staff quality is there. With the powers Bill, on which members will vote in the next month or so, there will be a strong legislative framework. We have a risk-based framework – PRISM – in terms of how we are looking at firms. It is clear that an intrusive, challenging approach to supervision is embedded. There is a strong foundation.

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