Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the terms of any new bonds which he proposes to issue as part of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and NAMA bonds. [7721/13]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the date upon which he proposes to issue sovereign bonds as part of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and National Asset Management Agency bonds. [7722/13]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the way the floating interest rate on the sovereign bonds replacing promissory notes will be calculated;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7732/13]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance the duration and maturity of the sovereign bonds and the coupon rates of each one;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7735/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 54, 55, 65 and 68 together.

The exchange of Irish Government Bonds for the IBRC Promissory took place on Friday 8 February 2013. The Deputy refers to the substitution of the Promissory Notes provided to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with National Asset Management Agency bonds however this is not the case.

With regard to the question submitted by the Deputy about the duration and maturity of sovereign bonds I am going to assume that he is referring to the sovereign bonds issued to discharge the liability under the Promissory Notes and not the total stock of Irish sovereign bonds.

With this in mind, eight new Floating Rate Treasury Bonds have been issued to discharge the Promissory Notes liability consisting of:

a 25 year, €2bn bond maturing in 2038 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.50%;

a 28 year €2bn bond maturing in 2041 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.53%;

a 30 year, €2bn bond maturing in 2043 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.57%;

a 32 year, €3bn bond maturing in 2045 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.60%;

a 34 year, €3bn bond maturing in 2047 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.62%;

a 36 year, €3bn bond maturing in 2049 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.65%;

a 38 year, €5bn bond maturing in 2051 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.67%; and

a 40 year, €5bn bond maturing in 2053 with an interest rate of 6-month Euribor plus a margin of 2.68%.

The bonds will pay interest every six months (June and December).

This information is set out in tabular form on the NTMA's website at the following link:

The Deputy refers to the terms of any new bonds which will be issued. As is the case with all Irish sovereign bonds there are detailed offering circulars available on the NTMA website which outline the terms and conditions in detail. I attach the link here:

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the maximum period for which the Central Bank of Ireland may hold any sovereign bond issued as part of the proposed bond issued as part of the proposed new scheme to substitute the promissory notes provided to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with sovereign and National Asset Management Agency bonds; and the factors that will affect the period for which the Central Bank has discretion in any decision to hold the sovereign bonds. [7723/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Central Bank have undertaken that minimum of bonds will be sold in accordance with the following schedule: €0.5bn by the end of 2014, €0.5bn per annum from 2015 to 2018, €1bn per annum from 2019 to 2023 and €2bn per annum from 2024 onwards.

This schedule of mandatory sales would exhaust the portfolio in 2032. The bonds will be placed in the Central Bank's trading portfolio and sold as soon as possible, provided that conditions of financial stability permit. The disposal strategy will maintain full compliance with the Treaty prohibition on monetary financing.