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S.I. No. 581/2025 - Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (Section 5) Order 2025
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025 (Section 5) Order 2025.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on 28 November 2025.
2. In this Order, “Act of 2025” means the
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025
(No. 4 of 2025).
3. For the purposes of section 5(1)(i)(I) of the Act of 2025, the minimum percentage of the population of each NUTS 3 region that ought to be within a radius of 10 kilometres of an ATM is prescribed in column (2) of the Table to this Article opposite the mention of the NUTS 3 region in column (1) of that Table.
TABLE
NUTS 3 region
(1)
Minimum percentage of population
(2)
Border
98.5
West
96.5
Mid-West
98.8
South-East
99.3
South-West
98.6
Dublin
99
Mid-East
99
Midland
98.3
4. For the purposes of section 5(1)(i)(II) of the Act of 2025, the minimum number of ATMs that ought to be available per 100,000 people in each NUTS 3 region is prescribed in column (2) of the Table to this Article opposite the mention of the NUTS 3 region in column (1) of that Table.
TABLE
NUTS 3 region
(1)
Minimum number of ATMs
(2)
Border
98
West
90
Mid-West
77
South-East
73
South-West
80
Dublin
70
Mid-East
70
Midland
72
5. For the purposes of section 5(1)(i)(III) of the Act of 2025, the minimum percentage of the population of each NUTS 3 region that ought to be within a radius of 10 kilometres of a cash service point is prescribed in column (2) of the Table to this Article opposite the mention of the NUTS 3 region in column (1) of that Table.
TABLE
NUTS 3 region
(1)
Minimum percentage of population
(2)
Border
99.5
West
99.4
Mid-West
99.2
South-East
99.6
South-West
99.5
Dublin
99
Mid-East
99
Midland
99.7
The Government hereby approve of the making of the foregoing Order.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,
18 November, 2025.
MICHEÁL MARTIN,
Taoiseach.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
25 November, 2025.
SIMON HARRIS,
Minister for Finance.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
9
th December,
2025.
I, SIMON HARRIS, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of
section 5
of the
Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Act 2025
(No. 4 of 2025), having consulted with the Central Bank of Ireland and having regard to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the said subsection (1) and with the approval of the Government, hereby make the following order