The Central Bank of Ireland has provided me with the following information on the matter.
The Central Bank of Ireland’s Quarterly Bulletin is released under embargo by the Bank’s media relations team to members of the media in advance of publication. They do not have a set list of the recipients, as each publication that is released under embargo is reviewed in advance on a case by case basis and depending on the topics, sensitivity of the information, registered attendees for a media briefing etc. a determination is then made on the appropriate circulation list.
There can also be communication between staff and officials in the Department of Finance and other Departments, if relevant, on the contents of reports etc. in advance of publication.
As noted above there are no set rules governing the provision of such reports to media or other stakeholders in advance of publication; each publication is reviewed on a case by case basis depending on the information contained in it.
Publications containing information that is deemed market sensitive is, as outlined above, managed on a case by case basis depending on the information contained in the publication. In many cases with such publications (for example the Central Bank of Ireland’s Mortgage Measures Framework) a decision is made that the information is so sensitive that it should not be released under embargo and will only be released at the same time as it is published on the Central Bank of Ireland’s website.
My Department does not provide official reports on the Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin to the media.
