Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Does the Central Bank have anybody from An Garda Síochána? When I was Minister for Social Protection, where there was a low but significant problem of nearly €20 billion with some areas of fraud, I had gardaí come in and be seconded to the Department to work in the Department. That interaction and learning from both cultures was extremely effective and was quite indicative of other issues that perhaps would have needed to be addressed. On the scale of illicit money going around the world, it strikes me that just going to committee meetings from time to time with CAB is rather inadequate. I really welcome the commitments the Central Bank is making to culture but I would like to see specifics.