Central Bank of Ireland
FOI Requests — 383 records (page 7 of 8)
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Please search private phones and emails where relevant. Please provide an up-to-date list (as at the date of your search) of all fund service providers that are currently authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland to provide fund administration services.
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For each firm on the list, please also include all other permissions/authorisations the firm holds with the Central Bank, such as—but not limited to—transfer-agency, depositary, investment management, MiFID investment firm authorisation, payment-services, e-money, etc. the database/spreadsheet/financial records that underpinned the publication of the final cost figure of €24 million for the INBS
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A copy of the record held by the Central Bank of Ireland relating to the entity a named regulated financial service provider . 1. a copy of the record of any and all application documents relating to application(s) for authorisation . 2. a copy of the record held by the Central Bank of Ireland of any certificate, licence, or other document that lawfully authorised the
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The number of individuals in the financial services sector that are authorised to carry out the below Pre-Approved Control Functions (PCF), broken down by gender: o PCF – 1: Executive Director o PCF – 2A: Non-Executive Director o PCF – 2B: Independent Non-Executive Director o PCF – 3: Chair of the Board o PCF – 4: Chair of the Audit Committee o PCF – 5: Chair of the Risk Committee o PCF – 6: Chair of the Remuneration Committee o PCF – 7: Chair of the Nomination Committee o PCF – 8: Chief Executive o PCF – 9: Member of Partnership
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o PCF – 10: Sole Trader o PCF – 11: Head of Finance o PCF – 12: Head of Compliance o PCF – 13: Head of Internal Audit o PCF – 14: Chief Risk Officer o PCF – 16: Branch Manager of branches established outside the State o PCF – 17: Head of Retail Sales o PCF – 42: Chief Operating Officer o PCF – 49: Chief Information Officer o PCF – 52: Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Legislation Compliance o ...broken down, by year, for each of the past five years with a year-end of May 31. If this year-end is not possible, please use whichever year-end is used internally by the Central Bank. 1. The number of disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014 (the 2014 Act) made to the Central Bank or to one of its employees or one of its authorised officers. 2. The number of disclosures made by a person in good faith under the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act, 2013 (the
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2013 Act) to the Central Bank or to one of its employees or one of its authorised officers ... broken down, by year, for each of the past five years with a year-end of May 31. If this year-end is not possible, please use whichever year-end is used internally by the Central Bank.
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... in spreadsheet format (CSV or XLSX), the following fields from the latest Year-End Returns (financial year ending 30 September 2024) for every credit union currently registered with the Central Bank of Ireland: 1. Registered Number 2. Credit-Union Name 3. Total Assets 4. Total Loans Outstanding (Gross Loans) 5. Loans Issued During Year 6. Gross Loans – House Loans 7. Gross Loans – Personal Loans
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E.g. provide the exact cost from Sodexo of each main meal, and sandwiches and coffee offerings. I would also like to know the schedule of meetings that occurred and the attendees at these meetings. o This is the ascertain the reason behind the severe delay in announcing the changes giving staff less than 30 days notice.
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1. All correspondence (including emails, letters, reports, memos, and meeting notes) between the Central Bank of Ireland and a named regulated financial service provider (or its parent entities) that refer to: • The classification of a named regulated financial service provider as a “mono product” lender; • Any determination, discussion, or endorsement that a named regulated financial service provider did not need to consider product switching or revert-to-tracker obligations as part of the TME; • Internal Central Bank deliberations, legal advice, or decisions related to a named regulated financial service provider's scope of obligations under the TME.
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switching scenarios; • Any instance where a named regulated financial service provider was excluded from enforcement, remediation, or public disclosure under the TME. 3. Any record showing who within the Central Bank of Ireland reviewed, approved, or accepted a named regulated financial service provider's product classification or tracker-related conduct under the TME framework. Please include documents dated from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2020, to ensure the full duration of the TME and post- examination responses are captured. All records, including but not limited to reports, advice, analysis, correspondence (internal and external), surveys, data, memoranda, statistics, briefing papers, policy papers, reviews or any similar material relating to: 1. The implementation, operation, analysis, or legal evaluation of the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in the Irish jurisdiction; and/or 2. The Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) signed between Ireland and the United States to implement FATCA.
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This requests includes, but is not limited to: - Communications with or regarding the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the U.S. Department of the Treasury - Internal assessments or legal advice concerning data protection, privacy, sovereignty, or compliance impacts - Statistics or reports on reporting by Irish financial institutions under FATCA - Reviews or consultations on FATCA's effect on Irish residents or financial institutions - Details of any other similar documents you are aware of and who holds such documentation Revised: Records related to AI Act implementation in Ireland, [specifically correspondence between the Central Bank and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, related to]
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- policy papers shared by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (DETE) with the Central Bank for the AI Act; and - the submissions/responses from the Central Bank to the DETE on the policy papers. Period of records: February-April 2025. a record/spreadsheet of all costs incurred by the Central Bank arising from domestic or international travel for the Governor in 2024.
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Refined: • Any and all internal memoranda, submissions, briefing notes, and policy papers prepared for the Governor, Deputy Governors, or senior management of the Central Bank concerning the proposed scope, principles, and terms of reference for the Tracker Mortgage Examination.
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• The formal minutes, and any associated preparatory or follow-up documentation, of all meetings of the Central Bank Commission, internal management committees, or dedicated project groups where the design and drafting of the TME Framework were discussed. ... records created during the period from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2015. I request the following records since 1 August 2021: 1. Please provide any decision letters issued concerning the Israeli Bond Programme / Israeli bonds prospectus where the risk grading assigned based on the Central Bank of Ireland's risk-based approach was “low” in each period where a prospectus was approved: September 2021; February 2024, September 2024, and June 2024.
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2. Please provide any decision letters issued concerning the Israeli Bond Programme / Israeli bonds prospectus where a "two eyes" review process was carried out for each period where a prospectus was approved: September 2021; February 2024, September 2024, and June 2024. A record containing a list of the top 10 staff members with the highest total number of overtime hours claimed for each year from
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2020 - 2023. This should cover the name of each staff member, the total hours claimed and the total additional remuneration received. • all correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, memos, briefs related to an engagement (per the lobbying register) between the Central
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Bank and a named firm on the CBI's IT risk questionnaire. records held by the Central Bank of Ireland relating to all banking licences, permits, and/or authorisations issued to a named regulated financial service provider by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (or its predecessor or successor bodies, if applicable), including but not limited to: 1. The date(s) on which such licences or authorisations were granted; 2. The nature, scope, and regulatory basis of each authorisation; 3. Any conditions or restrictions attached to those licences or authorisations; 4. Amendments, suspensions, or revocations of such licences or permits (if any); 5. Correspondence or decisions relating to the regulatory status of a named regulated financial service provider under Irish financial services law. 6. whether the named regulated financial service provider ever had and/or required (and in particular during 2008) any licences, and/or
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Revised: 1. Any briefings, memos or speaking points concerning Sinn Fein's Restricted Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 for the following staff; the Governor, Deputy Governor Monetary & Financial Stability, Deputy Governor Financial Regulation, Deputy
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Governor Consumer & Investor Protection, Chief Operations Officer ; 2. Any correspondence (including attachments) with the Dept Finance on the above from the above named staff and the Capital Markets and Funds Division (including Director) - Any minutes from the meeting between Central Bank Governor Gabriel Maklouf and Housing Minister James Browne on April 3.
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2. How many investigations have been initiated in the same period? 3. How many decisions of enforcement have there been in the same period? 4. How many of the complaints, investigations and enforcement decisions initiated since 2013 were against repeat offenders? 5. How many investigations are still ongoing as of the time of this FOI request? ... any records held by the Central Bank of Ireland relating to mortgage interest rate changes by regulated lenders in Ireland over the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2024. Specifically, I am requesting: 1. A list or database of mortgage product interest rate changes across all regulated mortgage lenders in Ireland, including: - The name of the lender - The product type (e.g., standard variable, fixed-rate, tracker) - The old interest rate and the new interest rate
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The EBA on Monday published an opinion on money laundering and terrorist financing risks affecting the EU’s financial sector (link here), which refers to a questionnaire sent to EU competent authorities on the issue of AML and CFT. It doesn't specify when the
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1. All correspondence with the Department of Finance, including attachments; 2. All internal correspondence (including attachments) between CBI staff; The number of investigations that the Central Bank of Ireland has commenced into potential violations of EU sanctions/restrictive
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measures since February 2022 to the current date.
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I wish to request the following records since 1 July 2025- present:
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denied access to drawdown a lump sum under their pension early. • The number of correspondences to the Central Bank from Irish politicians regarding Israeli bonds since January 1st 2025.
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• Examples of correspondences to the Central Bank from Irish politicians since January 1st 2025 regarding Israeli bonds. Revised: • The name of any third-parties currently providing any media monitoring services (excluding social media monitoring); • The total spend to date since the establishment of the contract;
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• The duration of the current contract; • A copy of the request for proposals issued as part of the procurement process; • Details of the scoring system used in evaluating the tenders; • A list of the publications / broadcasters monitored by the provider on behalf of the FOI body TRACKER MORTGAGE EXAMINATION APPEALS PROCESS How many Appeals were taken with each lender (breakdown per lender please) How many Appeals were Upheld and declined (breakdown per lender please) How much in additional costs/ redress were paid out to consumers as a result of these successful appeals (breakdown per lender
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. ..we kindly request a breakdown of the aggregated data presented in the “Credit Risk Data 2024” row 550-640 by each national immovable property market for which data have been reported.
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ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK, OR TO THE CENTRAL BANK FROM OTHER PARTIES IN IRELAND OR ABROAD, REGARDING THE RENEWAL OF APPROVAL OF PROSPECTUSES FOR ISRAELI BONDS IN 2025.
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ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CENTRAL BANK, OR TO THE CENTRAL BANK FROM OTHER PARTIES IN IRELAND OR
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ABROAD, SEEKING AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVER.
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ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION, SUCH AS MINUTES OF CONVERSATIONS OR MEETINGS, REGARDING THE CHANGE OF JURISDICTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROSPECTUSES. ... the following records from 1 July 2025-present concerning the STATE OF ISRAEL - Bond Issuance Programme: 1. Any letters, memos, emails (with attachments) or other form of documents received from any Israeli authorities requesting the transfer of prospectus approval from the Central Bank to another competent authority in the EU / EEA. Please also include the responding correspondence from the CBI (including attachments if sent via email);
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Central Bank or representatives in relation the Israeli Bond Programme from February 2025 – present. • All correspondence and shared documentation including mobile phone messages to or from the Central Bank and European Securities and Market Authority or representatives in relation the Israeli Bond Programme from February 2025 – present. all documents relating to the transfer of approval and/or approval under Regulation 2017/1129 of the 2025 prospectus of the State of
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Israel by the Central Bank of Ireland and/or by the competent authority in Luxembourg a copy of any correspondence between the governor (and/or his office) and the Minister for Finance (and/or his office) with regard to
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the approval or marketing of 'Israeli bonds' by the Irish Central Bank. This request to cover the period 1 June 2025 to date a record containing the actual numbers behind each percentage shown in the “PCF Applications: Gender Percentages” appendix (page 24 – 30 of the 2024 report) <https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/regulation/how-we-regulate/diversity-and-inclusion/2024-demographics-of-the-
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financial-sector-report.pdf?sfvrsn=b6476a1a_2> Specifically, we would like to know the exact number of male and female applicants of each PCF category listed in the appendix.
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1. Statistical data on home repossessions (including both court-ordered repossessions and voluntary surrenders/handovers) since 2013, where possible broken down by: o Household type ( single-parent households versus couple households. o Region - Dublin o Year- 2024,2025
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The channel of receipt (e.g., email, post, courier). A copy of the record or system entry showing this timestamp, including any official acknowledgment issued by the Central Bank at the time.
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Guidelines, circulars, policies, or internal procedures held by the Central Bank concerning the calculation, invoicing, and collection of annual levies from authorised Credit Servicing Firms, as provided for under section 32D of the Central Bank Act 1942 (as amended). Records describing how the Central Bank ensures compliance with levy obligations where an authorised Credit Servicing Firm’s statutory financial accounts show no funds or minimal resources, as published with the Companies Registration Office (CRO).
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approving Israel's Sovereign bond prospectuses between 1 January 2024 to this request date The total number of internal and external job advertisments issued by the Central Bank for each year since 2020. Broken down by internal, external or both where possible. A copy of 5 of the most recent external and 5 internal job advertisements.
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A copy of all communications sent to or published to all staff regarding promotions and or internal transfers since 1 January 2025 to present. The total number of staff that have been dismissed / terminated or otherwise released from their employment due to poor or under performance for each year since 2015.
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.... access to information/records related to the issuance and approval of State of Israel bond prospectuses. Specifically, I request any and all records, including but not limited to: • Reports, analyses, or notes of discussions • Correspondence (emails, letters, or other communications) • Internal memos or briefing notes • Meeting minutes or records D ate period: From January 1, 2025 to the current date
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S pecifically on the above, I'm looking for records that pertain to: • any communications between the CBI and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) concerning the CBI's role in approving Israel's Sovereign bond prospectuses with specific reference to the requirements under Article 42 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) • any internal communications between CBI staff above and including the grade of director concerning the CBI's role in approving Israel's Sovereign bond prospectuses with specific reference to the requirements under Article 42 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) Revised: Records that refer to: • any communications between the CBI and the Department of Finance related to the CBI's role in approving Israel's bond
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... any records held by the Central Bank of Ireland relating to insurance coverage for operational Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Ireland, including but not limited to: Records confirming that insurance providers offering coverage to BESS operators (e.g., named commercial firm , other licensed operators) are authorized and licensed to operate in Ireland.
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... any correspondence between the Central Bank of Ireland and (1) the Commission De Survelliance Du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
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(2) The Department of Finance on the subject of Israeli sovereign bonds since January 1, 2025 - copies of all internal documentation (minutes of meetings, internal e-mails, memos etc) created in 2025 that make reference to the prospectus approval of "Israel Bonds".
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- In addition, I seek copies of any correspondence between the Central Bank and either the Department of Finance, the Department of Foreign Affairs or any representatives of the governments of Israel or the United States, in relation to this matter the Professional Indemnity Insurance details and all other information that could assist in identifying with whom the above is insured
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with, trading as named regulated financial service provider. from 1 September 2025-present concerning the transfer of the role of competent authority approval for the State of Israel bonds prospectus from Ireland to Luxembourg; • Any correspondence (including attachments and copies of any documents not already in the public domain referenced in the correspondence or attachments) between CBI Governor Gabriel Makhlouf and Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance;
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• The minutes of any meetings between Makhlouf and Donohoe, or between CBI and Finance Department officials; • Briefings, presentations or reports for any meetings between Makhlouf and Donohoe, or between CBI and Finance Department officials; • Any briefings or reports requested from CBI by Minister Donohoe, his officials, or Finance Department staff; Revised: - All documents, dated (or, if undated, produced) between 1st September 2024 and 1st September 2025 relating to approval under Regulation 2017/1129 of a prospectus of the State of Israel by the Central Bank of Ireland (considered at Head of Securities Markets Division or above level) (excluding any prospectus or draft prospectus and assessments by the Central Bank of their compliance with the explicit terms of the Prospectus Regulation (in particular their compliance with the requirements of completeness, comprehensibility and consistency)