Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

It is included in the Revised Estimates of Government revenues for the year. This time last year, when a €3.5 billion investment was made in Bank of Ireland by Irish taxpayers, we were told it would yield a dividend of 8%. A total of €280 million is due on Saturday from the Bank of Ireland, while €280 million is due from the AIB in May.

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