Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks

4:00 pm

Mr. Bernard Byrne:

The second point is the bank was bought and the value that private investors invested in was its tangible book value, and that included the €3 billion, which was a valuation that took place in the market. A levy system is now in place, not a tax system. That effectively gives a return to the State. It is the only system that has a levy-----

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