S.I. No. 464/2025 - Credit Union Fund (Stabilisation) Levy Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th October, 2025.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 59 (3) of the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 (No. 40 of 2012), having consulted with the Central Bank of Ireland, the Credit Union Advisory Committee and the Credit Union Restructuring Board, hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Credit Union Fund (Stabilisation) Levy Regulations 2025.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations –

“Act of 2012” means the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 (No. 40 of 2012);

“Credit Union Fund” means the fund established under section 57 of the Act of 2012;

“credit union levy” means the contribution to the Credit Union Fund, by a credit union, referred to in section 59(3) of the Act of 2012;

“levy period 1” means the period beginning on 1 October 2025 and ending on 30 September 2026;

“levy period 2” means the period beginning on 1 October 2026 and ending on 30 September 2027;

“levy period 3” means the period beginning on 1 October 2027 and ending on 30 September 2028;

“levy period 4” means the period beginning on 1 October 2028 and ending on 30 September 2029;

“Minister” means the Minister for Finance;

“Registrar of Credit Unions” means the Registrar of Credit Unions appointed under section 33X (inserted by section 26 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2003 (No. 12 of 2003)) of the Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22 of 1942);

“total assets of the credit union” means –

(a) the total assets reported by that credit union in the balance sheet of that credit union forming part of the quarterly prudential return made to the Registrar of Credit Unions in respect of each of the following reporting dates:

(i) in the case of levy period 1, 30 September 2025;

(ii) in the case of levy period 2, 30 September 2026;

(iii) in the case of levy period 3, 30 September 2027;

(iv) in the case of levy period 4, 30 September 2028,

or

(b) where a credit union has not reported the quarterly prudential return in respect of a reporting date referred to in paragraph (a), the total assets reported by that credit union in the balance sheet of that credit union forming part of the quarterly prudential return made to the Registrar of Credit Unions in respect of each of the following reporting dates:

(i) in the case of levy period 1, 30 June 2025;

(ii) in the case of levy period 2, 30 June 2026;

(iii) in the case of levy period 3, 30 June 2027;

(iv) in the case of levy period 4, 30 June 2028.

Application of regulations

3. These Regulations apply to every credit union that is a credit union –

(a) in the case of levy period 1, on 1 January 2026,

(b) in the case of levy period 2, on 1 January 2027,

(c) in the case of levy period 3, on 1 January 2028,

(d) in the case of levy period 4, on 1 January 2029.

Rate of levy

4. Each credit union to which these Regulations apply shall pay a credit union levy in respect of levy period 1, levy period 2, levy period 3 and levy period 4, where applicable, to the Minister for the account of the Credit Union Fund at the rate of zero per cent of the total assets of the credit union.

Payment of levy

5. Each credit union to which these Regulations apply that is liable to pay the credit union levy under these Regulations shall make such payment to the Minister not later than –

(a) in the case of levy period 1, 28 February 2026,

(b) in the case of levy period 2, 28 February 2027,

(c) in the case of levy period 3, 29 February 2028,

(d) in the case of levy period 4, 28 February 2029.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 September, 2025.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Finance.