Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
223. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of section 90 reviews of credit unions carried out by the Central Bank of Ireland in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33480/14]
View answerSection 90 of the Credit Union Act, 1997, provides that the Central Bank may appoint an authorised officer to carry out an inspection and to provide a report of the inspection to the Central Bank. Section 24 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act, 2013 provides that an authorised officer can include any officers or employees of the Central Bank or other suitably qualified persons.
In 2011, the Central Bank adopted a risk-based approach to supervision underpinned by a credible enforcement deterrent. The Probability Risk and Impact System - PRISM, is a risk-based system of supervision that applies to financial institutions regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. In 2012 PRISM was extended to credit unions.
Prior to the implementation of PRISM the Central Bank carried out thematic supervisory reviews across a number of selected credit institutions. Engagement between the Central Bank and credit unions for 2010 and 2011 is set out in the Central Bank's Annual Performance Statement Financial Regulation 2011-2012 as follows:
|
- |
2010 |
2011 |
|
Inspections |
7 |
21 |
|
Outsourced Inspections |
200 |
202 |
|
Meetings |
84 |
88 |
|
Year-end Reviews |
286 |
351 |
From 2012 onwards risk based supervision in the form of PRISM was introduced. Engagement between the Central Bank and credit unions for 2012 and 2013 is set out in the Central Bank's Annual Performance Statement Financial Regulation 2013-2014 as follows:
|
- |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Full Risk Assessment |
14 |
21 |
|
Other Meetings (not as part of engagement model) |
101 |
109 |
|
1-day engagements |
70 |
90 |
|
Other Review non-PRISM |
49 |
9 |
The Central Bank has informed me that engagement with credit unions for 2014 is on-going and details of this engagement will be published in the Annual Performance Statement Financial Regulation 2014-2015.
