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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the total amount of money put into Bank of Ireland by taxpayers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: A portion of the €4.8 billion is funding a pension of €650,000 a year to Mr. Brian Goggin, former CEO, and the salary for Mr. Boucher, who was previously deputy CEO with responsibility for retail mortgages, to the tune of approximately €620,000 plus benefits, which would bring him close to €900,000. Mr. Boucher is probably in line for a pension of the order of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am putting a question and then a final comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: The question is whether the bank will deal with mortgage holders to ensure their mortgages are sustainable. The second question is important. It has not been asked previously. How much of the €3.5 billion target for lending to SMEs was new lending not restructured lending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, just new lending. I am not interested in restructured lending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: When AIB was before the committee yesterday it informed us that €600 million of the €3.5 billion was completely new lending, not restructured lending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am asking Mr. Boucher a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: So €3.5 billion was completely new lending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Boucher saying that none of it was restructured.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Boucher is saying that €3.5 billion is completely new lending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Boucher tell me about the mortgage holders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will Bank of Ireland engage in the restructuring-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: In the limited time-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will Bank of Ireland engage in the restructuring of mortgages and will Mr. Boucher take a reduction in salary and will-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: These are important questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: What about the question on mortgage holders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion with Bank of Ireland (1 Nov 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Boucher take a reduction in his salary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why is the level of branch closures so high in Limerick?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Mathews for his grace in allowing me to go ahead of him. I appreciate that. I welcome Mr. Duffy and his colleagues. I wish to raise two points. If I am correct, he said that of the €3.5 billion, to date, €600 million of that was new lending. Is that up to the end of September?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: Time is limited. I remember when the banks were recapitalised and I was there for all of it. How much has the Irish taxpayer put into AIB at the moment? That is a point that has not arisen today. What is that figure?