Written answers

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Department of Finance

Public Interest Directors

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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188. To ask the Minister for Finance the current public interest of directors in the State supported banks; the dates on which they were appointed; the dates on which their term is due to end; the cumulative payments to each serving director since their appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22429/16]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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There is currently one public interest director serving on the boards of the covered banks. Tom Considine was nominated to the board of Bank of Ireland in January 2009 under the terms of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act, 2008. There is no specified end date for this appointment. The fees paid to Mr Considine by Bank of Ireland in 2015 is set out in the following table. Fees paid in previous years can be found in the Bank's annual statements published here -

BankPublic Interest DirectorDate of AppointmentFees 2015
Bank of IrelandTom ConsidineJan 2009€98,000

In addition Dr Michael Somers is a Government Nominee (not a Public Interest Director) appointed to the AIB board on 14 January 2010 under the terms of the NPRFC s Preference Share investment of €3.5bn in AIB of May 2009. Dr Somers was reappointed to the board of AIB in December 2015 for a further two years. The fees paid to Dr Somers by AIB in 2015 is set out in the following table and fees paid in previous years can be found in the annual statements published here -

https://investorrelations.aib.ie/financial-information/results-centre/2015 

BankGovernment NomineeDate of Appointment Fees 2015
AIBDr Michael SomersJan 2010€120,000

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