Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the substantive issue that is being raised here today, I reiterate the clear view of the Government on what has happened in Gaza and the Middle East. However, there are a particular number of responsibilities that the Central Bank is obliged to discharge that are rooted not just in national and EU law and it discharges those responsibilities. The Governor of the Central Bank has outlined that the other extremely important issues that are being raised here are not ones that in his view allow him to effect the discharge of those duties. That is a matter of law as laid out and how the Central Bank discharges its duties is so important to our economy and to the financial markets it regulates in turn for the benefit and stability of our economy.

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