Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed)

10:25 am

Ms Eimer O'Rourke:

All regulation, whether prudential or conduct of business regulation, comes down to protecting the consumer. The consumer who walks into a bank is the same person who walks into a credit union. In so far as we were invited through a public consultation to provide brief and high-level views, this is what we did.