As Gaeilge

Credit Union Advisory Committee

September 2010

1.      Purpose:

The Credit Union Advisory Committee (CUAC) is a statutory committee, established under Section 180 of the Credit Union Act 1997, whose task is to advise the Minister for Finance on credit union matters.   The CUAC advises the Minister on:

 

a.      the improvement of the management of credit unions;

b.      the protection of the interests of members and creditors of Credit Unions; and

c.      other matters relating to credit unions upon which the Minister, the Central Bank of Ireland or such other persons, as may be specified by the Minister, may from time to time seek the advice of the Committee.

 

2.      Term

The term of this Committee is 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2013.

 

3.     

Members Areas of Expertise
Mr Padraig O'Cearbhaill Chartered Accountant / Auditor
Chairman Treasurer Blackrock Credit Union
   
Ms Noreen Byrne Lecturer Centre for Cooperative Studies
  University College Cork
   
Prof. Donal G. McKillop Professor of Financial Services
  Queens University Belfast
   
Mr Gerry Murphy Barrister
  Former Deputy Financial Services Ombudsman
   
Mr Michael O'Conaill Manager, Clondalkin Credit Union
   
Ms Denise O'Connell Audit and assurance services Grant Thornton
   
Ms Irish White Barrister
  Former Chairman Dundrum Credit Union


 

4.  Official Secrecy and Integrity

CUAC members and the work of the Committee are subject to requirements of the Official Secrets Act 1963, the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 and the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995. Obligations in relation to Official Secrecy and Integrity are set out in Department of Finance Circular 15/1979.

 

 

5.      Arrangements for meetings and general administrative support

a.      Meetings held as determined by the Committee, approximately once a month.

b.      Venue: Generally held at Department of Finance, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2. It is open to the Committee to choose an alternative venue.

c.      The Secretary to the Committee is Bríd Kemple, Department of Finance. Contact details:

Bríd Kemple
Secretary to the CUAC
Financial Services Division
Department of Finance
7-9 Merrion Row
Dublin 2.

Telephone numbers and e-mail are
Landline:          (01) 6318024
Mobile:             087 2198573
Email:              brid.kemple@finance.gov.ie

 

6.      Some reports  prepared by the present and previous Committees are listed below

 

Social Finance and the Credit Union Movement in Ireland

 

International Perspective to Credit Union Development in Ireland 

 

Credit Union Financial Stabilisation


 
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