Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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It is an additional power. The Central Bank already has the power to select an authorised officer to produce a report on a particular practice or set of circumstances. This is in addition to the power recommended by Deputy Pearse Doherty as an alternative. They are not alternatives. The two powers give the Central Bank a range of options on how to proceed and will make regulation more effective.