Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 December 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Central Bank of Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. Ed Sibley:

Ultimately, in terms of authorisations for which the Central Bank is responsible, an authorisation would come to the deputy governor and he would set up an authorisation committee to give the authorisation. I note that from a banking perspective that any new authorisation is the responsibility of the ECB, under the Single Supervisory Mechanism. Most of the work would be done locally but the decision point is with the ECB.