The Deputy's question refers to a number of foreign leaders having used Irish banks to deposit funds. I am aware of recent reports regarding one former leader having used a bank located in Ireland to deposit funds. I understand that these reports are being investigated to establish whether Irish supervisory requirements relating to money laundering have been breached. No approach has been made by the authorities of that country to the Irish authorities to date.
The Criminal Justice Act, 1994, created the offence of money laundering and obliged financial institutions, inter alia, to identify their customers and to report suspicious transactions to the Garda Síochána. The Criminal Justice Act, 1994, also obliges the Central Bank to report to the Garda Síochána where it suspects that an offence under the money laundering provisions of the Act has been or is being committed by a bank it supervises.