Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Israeli Bond Programme: Central Bank of Ireland
2:00 am
Mr. Gabriel Makhlouf:
The Cathaoirleach referred to somebody talking about the budget proceeds or the proceeds from these sales. I have seen different numbers bandied about. It might help the committee to have a sense of how much money - to the extent that we know, because we do not know a lot - the State of Israel is raising from these sales. The website talks about, I think, since September 2024 five billion - I am not sure if it is euro or dollars - but that sort of number. We do not necessarily know everything, but from what we do know, the vast majority of that is raised in the United States. What is raised in Europe under our authorised prospectus is between €100 million and €130 million. It is not-----
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