Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Annual Progress Report 2025: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Johnny GuirkeJohnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Regarding bank bailouts, I learned this weekend that the banks had paid back most of the money given to them by the State but they had not paid back any of the interest.

Is that true? The total is €7.5 billion. Are there plans to chase the banks for this money?