In September 2021, an additional Memorandum of Understanding between the Central Statistics Office and the Central Bank of Ireland (PDF 5,181KB) , (the “Economics MOU”) was agreed between the CSO and the CBI. It was signed by Mr. Pádraig Dalton, Director General of the CSO, and Mr. Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. The purpose of the Economics MOU is to clarify the areas of cooperation between the CSO and the Central Bank to deliver on the needs for consistent, high quality macro-economic and financial statistics in Ireland.