EU Bodies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 October 2023

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Questions (145)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

145. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the bid to host the EU Anti-Money Laundering Association; if he has established a dedicated team of officials to work on delivering the bid; the number of occasions that they have met since their establishment; if he and or his officials has engaged any external consultancy to augment the work of the officials in the context of developing the bid; and if he and or his officials have engaged with the EU Council and the European Parliament in respect of the bid and the bid process. [47170/23]

Written answers

Minister for Finance

The European Commission has written to Member States inviting applications to host the seat for the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Association (AMLA). The deadline for final submissions is 10 November and the Department of Finance will be making an application for Dublin to host AMLA. There is a dedicated team of officials in the Department that are working on the application form and they are actively working on a daily basis. Officials from the Department of Finance are also engaged with the colleagues from OPW, the Department of Foreign Affairs and IDA Ireland. To support the application, a separate engagement process with Member States and the European Parliament is underway-on the margins of scheduled ECOFIN meetings, in Member State capitals and with decision makers in Brussels.