John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all banks licensed to operate in Ireland; the date each one was issued; and the particular focus of each. [42925/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are 17 banks authorised under Irish legislation, Section 9 of the Central Bank Act 1971, to carry on banking business in the State. These banks together with the start date for their licenses are listed below.

Including the 17 banks referred to above, there are 433 institutions listed in the Central Bank’s register of credit institutions permitted to operate in Ireland. The majority of these are eligible to provide banking services here on a cross border basis under EU Directive 36/2013 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions. However many of these institution do not provide services in Ireland.

I am informed by the Central Bank of Ireland that it does not have information to hand on the date that each license was issued and the particular focus of each institution and is therefore not in a position to provide this within the time frame allotted.

The Central Bank’s Register of Credit Institutions is available via the Central Bank website here:registers.centralbank.ie/downloadspage.aspx