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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The State put in €30 billion. While the banks might have paid back €30 billion, they did not pay back the interest that cost the State. They claimed at the weekend that that alone was €7.5 billion and the State was still paying back that interest.