Enacted 65/2024
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024
- Introduced
- 31 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 10 Jun 2025
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- Ensures individuals and small businesses have adequate access to cash via ATMs and related services through new Central Bank oversight and standards.
- Central Bank registers ATM deployers and cash-in-transit providers, monitors compliance, and can require designated entities to fix local cash access gaps.
- Establishes access-to-cash criteria subject to periodic review; Central Bank collects data and enforces obligations; amends four existing Acts to enable regulation.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 33rd Dáil31 Jul 2024
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil26 Sep 2024
- Committee Stage 34th Dáil2 Apr 2025
- Report Stage 34th Dáil2 Apr 2025
- Fifth Stage 34th Dáil2 Apr 2025
- Second Stage 27th Seanad2 Apr 2025
- Committee Stage 27th Seanad13 May 2025
- Report Stage 27th Seanad13 May 2025
- Fifth Stage 27th Seanad13 May 2025
- Enacted20 May 2025