The Central Bank shares its power to undertake surveys of the provision of financial services to consumers with the:

• A. Consumers' Association of Ireland.
• B. Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
• C. European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.
• D. European Securities and Markets Authority.

Answer: (B)

The test focuses on who the Central Bank collaborates with to gather information about how financial services are provided to consumers. In Ireland, the Central Bank shares its power to undertake surveys with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the national body responsible for enforcing consumer protection and competition law. This partnership ensures robust, consistent data collection on how financial services are experienced by consumers and helps align supervision with consumer protection goals. The other options don’t fit because they aren’t the regulatory authority responsible for consumer protection in financial services: the Consumers’ Association is an advocacy group, while ESMA and EIOPA are EU-level supervisory bodies that handle broader, cross-border markets rather than national information-gathering powers in Ireland.