Speeches 

This section contains the latest speeches issued by the Central Bank.  Previous speeches are available by choosing the appropriate year in the navigation menu.

 

Opening Statement by Deputy Governor Matthew Elderfield to the Public Accounts Committee

Opening Statement by Deputy Governor Matthew Elderfield to the Public Accounts Committee in relation to Special Report No. 72 of the Controller and Auditor General

Date:13 June 2013

Address by Director of Policy and Risk Patrick Brady to the International Funds Industry Association Annual Global Funds Conference

Address by Director of Policy and Risk Patrick Brady to the International Funds Industry Association Annual Global Funds Conference

Date:12 June 2013

Address by Sharon Donnery Registrar of Credit Unions at the CUMA Seminar ‘The New Debt, Investment and Payments Environment’

Address by Sharon Donnery Registrar of Credit Unions at the Credit Union Managers Association (CUMA) Seminar ‘The New Debt, Investment and Payments Environment’

Date:11 June 2013

Remarks prepared by Governor Patrick Honohan for the FMC2 Conference, Dublin

Remarks prepared by Governor Patrick Honohan for the FMC2 Conference on sustainable mortgage modification

Date:23 May 2013

Address by Deputy Governor Matthew Elderfield to the European Insurance Forum 2013

Address by Deputy Governor Matthew Elderfield to the European Insurance Forum 2013 in Dublin, 9 May 2013

Date:09 May 2013

Opening Statement by Governor Patrick Honohan to Joint Oireachtas Committee on EU Affairs

Opening Statement by Governor Patrick Honohan to Joint Oireachtas Committee on EU Affairs on 30 April 2013

Date:30 April 2013

Address by Registrar of Credit Unions Sharon Donnery to the Irish League of Credit Unions

Address by Registrar of Credit Unions Sharon Donnery to the Irish League of Credit Unions AGM

Date:26 April 2013

Address by Director of Markets Supervision Gareth Murphy to the Funds Congress 2013

Address by Director of Markets Supervision Gareth Murphy to the Funds Congress 2013

Date:18 April 2013

Opening Statement by Director of Consumer Protection, Bernard Sheridan, to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Opening Statement by Director of Consumer Protection, Bernard Sheridan, to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Date:17 April 2013

Address by Director Credit Institutions & Insurance Supervision Fiona Muldoon to Cantillon Economy & Entrepreneurship Forum

Address by Director Credit Institutions & Insurance Supervision Fiona Muldoon to Cantillon Economy & Entrepreneurship Forum

Date:11 April 2013

Address by Director of Economics and Chief Economist Lars Frisell to the Bank of Finland in Helsinki, Finland

As you know, the Irish economy has undergone an extreme boom-bust cycle during the last decade. The Irish crisis shares many features of the banking crises in Sweden and Finland in the early 1990s – only that it is of a much greater magnitude.

Date:21 March 2013

Address by Director of Markets Supervision Gareth Murphy to the AIMA Global Policy and Regulatory Forum

Address by Director of Markets Supervision Gareth Murphy to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Global Policy and Regulatory Forum in Guildhall, London

Date:20 March 2013

Address by Governor Honohan to the National Bank of Poland Bi-annual EU Presidency Lecture in Warsaw

Let me begin by thanking Marek Belka, President of the National Bank of Poland, for inviting me to give this inaugural lecture in the National Bank’s bi-annual series during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union.

Date:19 March 2013

Opening remarks by Deputy Governor Stefan Gerlach at the Eurosystem Competitiveness Network Meeting

Opening remarks by Deputy Governor Stefan Gerlach at the Eurosystem Competitiveness Network Meeting

Date:13 March 2013

Address by Director of Economics and Chief Economist, Lars Frisell to Institute of International and European Affairs

Transitioning from a currency union to a banking union – fiscal and monetary considerations

Date:27 February 2013

Address by Head of Markets Policy, Martin Moloney to the 4th AIFM Directive Conference

Address by Head of Markets Policy, Martin Moloney to the 4th AIFM Directive Conference

Date:26 February 2013

Address by Director of Financial Operations Maurice McGuire at the Colmcille Winter School

Thank you very much for your invitation to speak here at the Colmcille Winter School on the topic of the origins of the euro and how its future will be secured.

Date:23 February 2013

Address by Deputy Governor Matthew Elderfield to the Institute of Directors in Ireland Spring Lunch

Address by Deputy Governor Matthew Elderfield to the Institute of Directors in Ireland Spring Lunch

Date:22 February 2013

Introductory remarks by Governor Patrick Honohan at the Central Bank Conference “How to Fix Distressed Property Markets”?

I can think of few themes that are more topical for the Central Bank, not only in Ireland, but in many other countries as well.

Date:13 February 2013

Address by Governor Honohan to UCD Garret FitzGerald Spring School

Address by Governor Honohan to the 2nd Annual UCD Garret FitzGerald Spring School

Date:08 February 2013