Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Mr. Philip Hosford:

We are very happy with the principle. Risk management and compliance are very important, as is internal audit, but how will they work together and who will, in practice, fulfil these roles? Our credit union may appoint me as the risk officer. I am not specifically excluded from the position but part of the role of the risk officer is to assist the manager; in effect, I would be assisting myself in those circumstances.