Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Yes, it does. If the Deputy looks again at the new section 33ARA(1)(c)(i), it refers to "how quickly, effectively and completely the person brought the prescribed contravention to the attention of a regulated financial service provider, the Bank or...[the]...relevant regulatory" body. Failing to do so is as relevant an issue as doing something. The reference is to the "degree of cooperation" so the absence of co-operation would certainly be a relevant factor in how the Central Bank would act.