Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

9:30 am

Mr. Michael McGrath:

The Central Bank is running it but we are required, as was mentioned, to provide monetary financing from the State. The Central Bank pass that charge back to the industry at an aggregate level, but there is no dedicated levy to fund the database. It is a cost back to the industry, but one can surmise that obviously the industry might absorb some of that cost or pass it directly on. There is no direct levy back onto it, but we think it is very important information and probably a burden that is worth charging for.