Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. They have to have a legal representative. To be more precise, it prohibits them from sharing information that the bank deems to be confidential with anyone other than their legal representative. In the scenario the Deputy mentioned, it would prohibit them from sharing that information with a trade union representative. It might be sections of the report. It is the sections of the report that the Central Bank deems to be confidential. Other sections of the report might be shared elsewhere, such as with a trade union, if they are not deemed to be confidential but the individuals concerned may not share those that are deemed to be confidential. This is a civil law matter in which the standing of a trade union would not be relevant.

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