Mr. Diarmaid Smyth:

According to EUROSTAT, if I go back a couple of years, the fees received were as follows: In 2009, €1 billion related to banking income, of which bank guarantee fees amounted to approximately a half; in 2010, €2 billion, of which guarantee fees were €1 billion; and last year, €2.6 billion in revenues related to the banking sector, of which guarantee fees were €1.2 billion.