Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach

Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)

I thank Ms McMunn for that contribution. I am not asking the Central Bank of Ireland to provide us with any information the State of Israel has given it confidentially. Rather, I am asking it to tell us what information, advice or guidance the Central Bank provided to Israel as to whether it should apply for this transfer. That is all I am asking for. I do not want the witnesses to disclose anything that has come from the State of Israel. I am asking the witnesses to disclose to the committee what the Central Bank did, by way of advice or guidance to the State of Israel, about whether it should apply for this transfer. That is an issue of fundamental public interest. I fundamentally believe the witnesses should be answering that question. I am not asking the Central Bank to divulge any confidential information that is coming from the State of Israel or anything else. I am asking about the Central Bank's role in it. I will come back in later, Chair.

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