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State Banking Sector

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Questions (148, 149)

Gerry Adams

Question:

136 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the level of State ownership or involvement in each of the Irish banks. [18122/12]

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The current State investments in each of the Irish banks are set out in the following table:

Current State Ownership

AIB/EBS

BoI

IL&P

Anglo/INBS

Total

State Ownership of Ordinary Shares

99.8%

15.1%

99.2%

100%

n/a

Contingent Capital Notes (at cost)

€1.6bn

€1.0bn

€0.4bn

n/a

3.0

Preference Shareholdings (at cost)

€3.5bn

€1.8bn

n/a

n/a

5.3

These holdings have been raised as a result of the bank recapitalisation commitments made by the State to date, these are set out in the following table:

AIB/EBS

BoI

IL&P

IBRC (Anglo/INBS)

Total

€bn

€bn

€bn

€bn

€bn

Government preference Shares (2009) — NPRF

3.5

3.5*

7.0

Capital contributions (with Promissory Notes as consideration) / Special Investment Shares (2010) — Exchequer **

0.9

30.7

31.6

Ordinary Share Capital (2009) — Exchequer

4.0

4.0

Ordinary Share Capital (2010) — NPRF

3.7

3.7

Total pre-PCAR 2011 (A)

8.1

3.5

0

34.7

46.3

PCAR 2011:

Capital from Exchequer***

3.9

2.7

6.5

NPRF Capital

8.8

1.2

10.0

Total PCAR (B)

12.7

1.2

2.7

16.5

Total Cost of Recap for State (A) and (B)

20.7

4.7

2.7

34.7

62.8

*€1.7bn of BoI's government preference shares were converted to equity in May/June 2010 (€1.8bn still left in existence). The government also received €0.5bn from the warrants relating to BoI's preference shares (excluded from table above).

**The IBRC amount is made up of a total capital contribution for Anglo/INBS of €30.6bn and a special investment share of €0.1bn (INBS). The Anglo/INBS capital contribution impacted in full on the GGB in 2010. The consideration for the Anglo/INBS capital contribution was €30.6bn of promissory notes. These Promissory Notes are an amount due from the State to IBRC. Each year, on 31 March, €3.06bn is paid by the Exchequer to Anglo/INBS as part of the scheduled repayments of the promissory notes. The first such repayment was made on 31 March 2010.

***The Exchequer cost of the 2011 BoI recap is shown net of share sale to private investors (Completed in October, 2011)

Please note that these figures only represent the capital committed to recapitalising these institutions and they do not take account of revenues received directly or indirectly from the banks. It should also be noted that the total cost of the recapitalisations would have been significantly higher were it not for the burden sharing achieved with holders of subordinated debt in each of the institutions.

Gerry Adams

Question:

137 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the public interest directors on the boards of the each of the Irish banks; and if he will provide a breakdown of the fees, salaries and expenses they receive for their position on the boards of these banks. [18123/12]

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Information regarding the remuneration of directors, including public interest directors, can be found in the published annual reports of each of the covered institutions, as follows:

Bank

Directors’ Remuneration Report

Public Interest Directors

Fees 2011 €

AIB

From p380 of Annual Report 2011

Mr Dick Spring

59,000

Mr Declan Collier

71,000

Dr Michael Somers*

150,000

BOI

From p160 of Annual Report 2011

Mr Tom Considine

90,000

From p60 of Annual Report 2011

Mr Joe Walsh

79,000

ILP

Ms Margaret Hayes

64,000

Mr Ray MacSharry

56,000

*Dr Somers is a Government Nominee (not a public interest director) appointed on 14 January 2010 under the terms of NPRFC's investment of €3.5bn in AIB of May 2009. Dr. Somers is Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Board Risk Committee and is paid a non-pensionable flat fee of € 150,000 per annum which includes remuneration for other services as a director of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

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