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Guarantee by the Minister of borrowings.
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9.—(1) The Minister may if he so thinks fit, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, guarantee a loan to the Company.
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(2) Whenever the Minister guarantees a loan under this section, he may guarantee, in such form and manner and on such terms and conditions as the Minister for Finance may sanction, the due repayment by the Company of the principal of the loan or the payment of interest on the loan or both the repayment of such principal and the payment of such interest.
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(3) The Minister shall not so exercise the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2) of this section that the amount, or the aggregate amount, of principal which he may at any one time be liable to repay on foot of any guarantee or guarantees under those subsections for the time being in force, together with the amount of principal (if any) which the Minister has previously paid on foot of any such guarantees and has not been repaid by the Company, exceeds £500,000.
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(4) Where a guarantee under this section is or has been given, the Company shall, if the Minister so requires, give to him such security (including, in particular, debentures) as may be specified in the requisition for the purpose of securing to the Minister the repayment of any moneys which he may be liable to pay or has paid under the guarantee.
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(5) The Minister shall as soon as may be after the expiration of every financial year, lay before each House of the Oireachtas a statement setting out with respect to each guarantee given under this section during that year or given at any time before, and in force at, the commencement of that year—
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(a) particulars of the guarantee,
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(b) in case any payment has been made by the Minister under the guarantee before the end of that year, the amount of the payment and the amount (if any) repaid to the Minister on foot of the payment,
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(c) the amount of principal covered by the guarantee which was outstanding at the end of that year.
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(6) Moneys required to be paid by the Minister under a guarantee under this section shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
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(7) Moneys paid by the Minister under a guarantee under this section shall be repaid to the Minister (with interest thereon at such rates as the Minister for Finance appoints) by the Company within twelve months from the date of the advance.
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(8) Where the whole or any part of moneys advanced under subsection (6) of this section has not been repaid to the Minister in accordance with subsection (7) of this section, the amount so remaining outstanding shall be repaid to the Central Fund out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
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(9) Notwithstanding the provision of moneys under subsection (8) of this section to repay an amount to the Central Fund, the Company shall remain liable to the Minister in respect of that amount and that amount (with interest thereon at such rates as the Minister for Finance appoints) shall be repaid to the Minister by the Company at such times and in such instalments as the Minister for Finance appoints and, in default of repayment as aforesaid and without prejudice to any other method of recovery, shall be recoverable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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(10) Moneys repaid by the Company to the Minister or recovered from the Company by the Minister under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer.
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