Dormant Accounts Act, 2001

Confidentiality.

48.—(1) Where an institution—

(a) transfers moneys to the Fund under section 12 , or

(b) notifies the Agency of a claim for repayment under section 19 (3),

the institution concerned shall not refer to an account holder by name or in any manner by which they could be identified as being an account holder.

(2) Where the Minister for Finance—

(i) transfers moneys to the Fund under section 36(1) (as amended by section 28 ) of the State Property Act, 1954 , or

(ii) applies for repayment under section 29 ,

he or she shall not refer to a deceased person or a person to whom or on whose behalf a payment is to be made under section 36(2) of that Act by name or in any manner by which they could be identified.