Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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It is for the CCPC, which is involved in evaluating that transaction, to make a conclusion on that matter. I categorically cannot make any assessment of or offer a view on that matter, while the CCPC is evaluating a very important commercial transaction. That is a matter for another day and one for the CCPC to answer. It would not be appropriate for me to give a view on it. It begs a question of Deputy Mairéad Farrell and her party, however. If they are not in favour of AIB or Bank of Ireland owning KBC or the loan books that will become available as KBC exits the market, who do they support owning them?