Maurice O'Connell: The euro changeover in the Irish context Statement by Mr Maurice O'Connell, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, to the Irish Parliamentary Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, in Dublin on 18 July 2001.
*  *  *  Chairman We are now less than six months away from the launch of euro banknotes and coin, three years after the introduction of the euro as a currency. The period of transition has been very long but this has been unavoidable because of the complex production and distribution process that is required.