Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

2:45 pm

Mr. Aidan Carrigan:

That is the assumption we are now making. Mr. Draghi has made it very clear that he feels the ECB is up to performing this task. This will not be simply a body emerging out of nowhere. It will draw on the existing central banks across Europe and national regulators bringing them to the centre to fill some roles and working very closely with the existing national authorities. The assumption is that the necessary skills will exist.