Throughout this period we have tried always to learn from best practice internationally and to take advantage of our membership of the European Supervisory Authorities. During the panel on banking later this morning I will say something about our expanding engagement with the European institutions and the lead-in to the Irish Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which gets under way in January 2013.
Let me now invite Minister Noonan to open our conference. 2  BIS central bankers’ speeches