John Hurley: Economic assessment and the role of the Central Bank Opening statement by Mr John Hurley, Governor of the Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland, to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs, Dublin, 10 March 2009. *  *  *  Good morning Chairman and members of the Joint Committee.
Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. I am accompanied by Tony Grimes, the Director General of the Central Bank, and Tom O’Connell, Assistant Director General, Economics. I am aware that the Chairman and senior officers of the Financial Regulator were before this committee recently dealing with their own area of responsibility.