Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by AIB and the number expected to be employed at the end of the downsizing and deleveraging process. [19366/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by AIB that it currently employs 13,890 staff on a full time equivalents (fte) basis at end June 2011. This excludes the staff (slightly in excess of 600 ftes) being taken on under the just completed acquisitions of EBS. The Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible to give a number at this stage as to what the employment level will be post the restructuring and deleveraging of the bank.

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by Bank of Ireland and the number expected to be employed at the end of the downsizing and deleveraging process. [19368/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The most recent annual report of Bank of Ireland states that the average number of staff in the 12 month period ending 31 December 2010 was 14,284 based on full time equivalents. It is not possible at this stage to say the number expected to be employed at the end of the downsizing and deleveraging process.