Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 April 2003
Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2002: Committee Stage.
10:30 am
Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)
I understand the cogency of the Minister of State's argument because I was in Cabinet when this debate raged on and off with varying degrees of ferocity. To all our minds it is somewhat alien that one should bestow upon the Central Bank the role of consumer protector, as envisaged in this section.
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