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UpcomingRetail intermediaries: AML/CFT (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Money laundering risk evaluation questionnaire, intermediaries (REQ)

A regulatory return listed by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Ireland.

A yearly questionnaire on an intermediary's exposure to money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions risk and its controls, covering life insurance, investment, mortgage, credit and crowdfunding intermediation. It also covers data points for the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority. Source

Official title: Sector specific ML/TF Risk Evaluation Questionnaire - Intermediaries

The facts

Who files
Intermediaries: the page lists a sector-specific REQ for intermediaries, and the guidance notes say each institution must use the REQ for its sector. Source
How often
The REQ is due annually on 24 March, with a reference date of 31 December of the previous calendar year. Source
Deadline
First submission, for reference date 31 December 2026, due 24 March 2027; a hard deadline with no extensions. Source
Format
Excel. The guidance notes say the REQ is submitted in Excel and uploaded to the Central Bank Portal. The REQ page says only XML submissions are accepted, but the intermediary files include no XSD. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the CBI: Central Bank of Ireland Portal (formerly the Online Reporting System, ONR); MiFIR transaction reporting Machine to Machine channel; Online Reporting System (ONR), now linked as 'Credit Union Auditor Reporting'; Email to the Central Bank. See how firms file with the CBI.
Status
UpcomingPublished with v1.0 files; the first submission is due 24 March 2027. Source
Legal basis
Group
Retail intermediaries: AML/CFT (national)

Templates (8)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the CBI's code in brackets.

  • General (8.1)
  • Inherent Risk (8.2)
  • Mitigation and Control (8.3)
  • Physical Presence (8.4)
  • Residence And Establishment (8.5)
  • Beneficial Owner (8.6)
  • Politically Exposed Person (8.7)
  • Geography Of Funds Flow (8.8)

Sections as numbered in section 8 of the Intermediaries REQ Guidance Notes v1.0, after the cover (8.0). Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No rule list or schema is published for this REQ. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No published data from this return was found on the Central Bank pages checked. Source

Official documents (2)

The CBI's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

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Contains Irish Public Sector Information from the Central Bank of Ireland (https://www.centralbank.ie), copyright Central Bank of Ireland, re-used under the Bank's licence for re-use of public sector information (https://www.centralbank.ie/fns/re-use-of-public-sector-information). This library summarises it in plain English and links the originals; the Central Bank of Ireland does not endorse this library.

Last checked 11 November 2026.