Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Collapse of Setanta Insurance: Central Bank and Department of Finance

4:10 pm

Mr. Bernard Sheridan:

Based on our own experience and approach to supervision, when firms fall below the additional buffer we have in place, similarly to Malta, we engage in a robust challenge back to them. We have taken enforcement action against firms which have fallen below that buffer. We see the buffer as critical to protecting policy holders.