4.— The purposes of this Act are—

(a) to provide an effective and efficient resolution regime for authorised credit institutions that are failing or are likely to fail,

(b) to provide for a resolution regime for such credit institutions that is effective in protecting the Exchequer, the stability of the financial system and the economy,

(c) to provide for the taking of measures to maintain public confidence in the financial system in the State, including to protect the interests of depositors in such authorised credit institutions, and depositors generally,

(d) to secure, to the extent possible in the circumstances, the continuity of banking services generally and in particular in relation to authorised credit institutions that are failing or are likely to fail,

(e) to facilitate the orderly winding-up of an authorised credit institution that is insolvent,

(f) to provide a mechanism to prevent the financial instability, or threat to the financial stability, of an authorised credit institution contributing to financial instability of any other authorised credit institution, the financial system or the economy, and to avoid creating a risk of such financial instability,

(g) to facilitate the re-organisation of, or the preservation or restoration of the financial position of, an authorised credit institution that is failing or is likely to fail, and

(h) to provide the Bank with the necessary powers for the purposes set out in paragraphs (a) to (g) and to provide a framework within which the Bank can exercise those powers consistently with its legal obligations, including the legal obligations arising pursuant to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.