4. Income

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

4.1 Discretionary portfolio

2015
€'000
2014
€'000
Interest Income 49 1
Dividend Income 38 2
Property Income 24 0
Other Income 9 0
Private equity Income 1 0
121 3

Other Income includes rebates of €7m, securities lending of €1m and miscellaneous income of €1m.

4.2 Directed portfolio

2015
€'000
2014
€'000
Dividend Income 446 -
Interest Income 0 0
446 0

The interest income of €18k represents the interest received from Irish Exchequer notes that were held in 2015 (2014: €16k).

During the year the Fund held preference shares in AIB. The holding of these preference shares entitled the Fund to an annual dividend. On 13 May 2015 the Fund received a dividend of €280m in cash. On 18 December 2015, following the redemption and conversion of the preference shares, the Fund received a further €166m dividend income (Note 8.3).

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