Promissory notes timeline

Below is a timeline of events relating to the Government seeking a deal on promissory notes used to bail out Anglo Irish Bank…

The board of the IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) has been liquidated, chairman Alan Dukes said.
The board of the IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) has been liquidated, chairman Alan Dukes said.

Below is a timeline of events relating to the Government seeking a deal on promissory notes used to bail out Anglo Irish Bank.

- 2010 Government commits paying €31 billion to Anglo-Irish Nationwide in the form of promissory notes as part of the bank recapitalisation.

- September 2011 Minister for Finance Michael Noonan says he is pursuing a deal to secure lower interest and a longer maturity promissory notes

- November 2011 Department of Finance says talks underway between Irish and EU officials on promissory notes as Noonan seeks redesign of interest rates

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- January 2012 Government wants to write-down or defer principle payments on promissory notes, transport minister Leo Varadkar says

- March 2012 Government wins deferral of €3.06m promissory note instalment in favour of a long-term Government bonds

- Early June 2012 Taoiseach Enda Kenny tells German Chancellor Angela Merkel he wants a deal on the Irish bank debt following Yes vote in fiscal treaty. Germany casts doubt on deal.

- Mid June 2012 IMF says a restructuring of the promissory notes is needed

- Late June 2012 Policy shift by Merkel opens up the prospect of a significant easing in banking debt burden

-October 28th 2012 Germany signals it is open to a reworking of promissory notes

- December 9th 2012 Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has says the Government will not pay the promissory note instalment in March

-December 19th 2012 Enda Kenny is confident an easing of repayment terms on the promissory notes agreed by March

-January 10th 2013 European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso is supportive of Ireland finding a solution to the promissory notes issue

-January 14th 2013 Europe minister Lucinda Creighton receives positive signals that Berlin supports efforts to recast promissory notes

-January 27th Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore warns of "a potentially catastrophic effect" on Ireland if the country is unable to renegotiate the terms of the promissory note

- February 4th Michael Noonan insists securing deal on promissory note poses no threat to future of coalition

- February 5th 2013 Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore deny coalition tensions on the implications of failure to reach a promissory note deal

- February 6th 2013 European Central Bank is becoming increasingly irritated with some of the Government public statements over Anglo Irish Bank

Genevieve Carbery

Genevieve Carbery

Genevieve Carbery is Deputy Head of Audience at The Irish Times