Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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148. To ask the Minister for Finance if companies (details supplied) operated in each of the years 1999 to 2008 without a banking licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Central Bank that KBC Bank Ireland plc is a public limited company incorporated in Ireland under the Companies Acts 1963 to 2006 (no. 40537) on 14 February 1973 under the name Irish Inter-Continental Holdings Limited. On 25 April 1973, it changed its name to Irish Intercontinental Bank Limited. On 10 January 2000, it changed its name to IIB Bank Limited. On 29 March 2006, it re-registered as a public limited company under the name IIB Bank plc. On 24 October 2008, it changed its name to KBC Bank Ireland plc. The Transferee carries on a banking business in Ireland from its registered office at Sandwith Street, Dublin 2 and is the holder of a licence in relation thereto granted on 17 May 1973 under Section 9 of the Central Bank Act 1971.