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Ireland's bailout could benefit from £7bn from the UK, if the latest reports are correct.

To placate eurosceptic critics, the chancellor insisted that Britain would not be part of a permanent bailout mechanism for eurozone countries.

"What we have committed to do is to obviously be partners as shareholders in the IMF in an international rescue of the Irish economy," Osborne told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "But we have also made a commitment to consider a bilateral loan that reflects the fact we are not part of the euro… but Ireland is our very closest economic neighbour."

There are so many things we wanted to know about where the rescue cash would come from, and how it would work but these were he key things:

• How exposed is Ireland?

• How exposed is the UK to the Irish crisis?

• Who's funding the bailout in the EU?

• What other countries in the world owe billions to foreign banks?

These are the answers we've been able to find out. The full data is below.

1. How exposed is Ireland?

According to the Bank for International Settlements, Ireland's total exposure in March for foreign banks was €843.8bn - but that includes all sorts of extras like derivative contracts, guarantees extended and credit commitments - which aren't immediate problems. The latest figure, simply taking banks exposure (published at the end of October), is €537.4bn. Go to the full data to get the breakdown for each place.

2. How exposed is the UK to the Irish crisis?

Bank exposure to Ireland, by country Click heading to sort Country $m £m Total foreign claims 731,188 624,440 European country banks (total) 508,564 434,317 Austria 4,598 3,927 Belgium 53,985 46,104 Brazil 18 15 Canada 9,411 8,037 Taiwan 3,707 3,166 Denmark 16,484 14,077 France 50,084 42,772 Germany 138,567 118,337 Greece 461 394 Italy 15,284 13,053 Japan 27,295 23,310 Netherlands 21,199 18,104 Panama 42 36 Portugal 19,384 16,554 Spain 13,976 11,936 Sweden 4,327 3,695 Switzerland 17,602 15,032 Turkey 90 77 UK 148,513 126,831 US 68,721 58,688

UK banks have the biggest single share in the Irish crisis - followed by Germany.

3. Who's funding the bailout in the EU?

There are two major funds, just to make things confusing: a €60bn fund, called the European Financial Stability Mechanism (of which the UK is a member) and a much larger €400bn European Financial Stability Facility - which only covers Eurozone countries. You can see our interactive guide to it here.

This is how the bailout contributors break down:

Who guarantees the bailout? Click heading to sort Country Share of €60bn European Financial Stability Mechanism, €bn Share of €60bn European Financial Stability Mechanism, £bn Share of €400bn European Financial Stability Facility €m Share of €400bn European Financial Stability Facility, £m Belgium 1.72 1.47 15.29 13.08 Bulgaria 0.17 0.15 0 Czech Republic 0.65 0.55 0 Denmark 1.22 1.05 0 Germany 12.22 10.45 119.39 102.09 Estonia 0.07 0.06 0 Ireland 0.68 0.58 7.00 5.99 Greece 1.23 1.05 12.39 10.59 Spain 5.22 4.46 52.35 44.77 France 9.89 8.46 89.66 76.67 Italy 7.67 6.56 78.78 67.37 Cyprus 0.09 0.08 0.86 0.74 Latvia 0.09 0.08 0 Lithuania 0.13 0.11 0 Luxembourg 0.14 0.12 1.10 0.94 Hungary 0.43 0.36 0 Malta 0.03 0.03 0.40 0.34 Netherlands 2.95 2.52 25.14 21.50 Austria 1.39 1.19 12.24 10.47 Poland 1.45 1.24 0 Portugal 0.79 0.67 11.04 9.44 Romania 0.66 0.56 0 Slovenia 0.19 0.16 2.07 1.77 Slovakia 0.35 0.30 4.37 3.74 Finland 0.91 0.78 7.91 6.76 Sweden 1.49 1.28 0 United Kingdom 8.15 6.97 0 Total 60 51.31 440.00 376.25

4. Which other countries are at risk?

The obvious candidates are Portugal, Spain and Italy. But this data from the BIS shows exactly how much foreign banks can claim by country - and which countries have the most to lose. See how yours does.

Foreign bank exposure by country Click heading to sort Country Total foreign claims UK claims as % of country total US claims as % of country total All countries 29,126,879 13 10 Developed countries 22,423,128 11 8 Europe 14,590,200 8 9 Austria 295,700 3 2 Andorra 1,715 0 Belgium 577,249 5 7 Cyprus 51,852 8 2 Denmark 320,235 4 7 Finland 194,454 3 4 France 1,654,538 16 10 Germany 1,967,044 9 8 Greece 175,418 7 4 Iceland 23,125 2 3 Ireland 731,188 20 9 Italy 1,127,408 6 3 Liechtenstein 6,500 10 Luxembourg 638,025 5 5 Malta 17,063 1 Netherlands 967,230 15 13 Norway 266,925 5 5 Portugal 234,831 10 1 Slovakia 66,150 1 1 Slovenia 33,745 1 1 Spain 876,480 13 5 Sweden 284,145 7 8 Switzerland 549,678 7 8 United Kingdom 3,527,382 16 Vatican 3 100 Other 2,117 0 Other developed countries 7,832,928 19 6 Australia 593,820 17 14 Canada 556,029 15 20 Japan 1,024,368 13 28 New Zealand 259,461 2 2 United States 5,397,403 21 Residual developed countries 1,847 Offshore centres 2,174,262 24 14 Aruba 1,252 Bahamas 52,451 5 35 Bahrain 31,874 8 Barbados 7,196 9 5 Bermuda 77,979 13 16 Cayman Islands 813,572 10 21 Gibraltar 8,433 40 1 Guernsey 34,948 31 Hong Kong 471,612 52 8 Isle of Man 30,327 37 Jersey 116,129 40 Lebanon 4,671 11 Macao 17,168 6 Mauritius 15,123 26 12 Netherlands Antilles 19,250 16 9 Panama 80,727 3 Samoa 2,468 2 4 Singapore 268,128 27 13 Vanuatu 335 1 0 West Indies UK 120,619 17 18 Residual Offshore centres 0 Developing countries 4,436,598 17 14 Africa & Middle East 591,197 36 9 Algeria 7,476 0 24 Angola 7,822 17 0 Benin 76 0 0 Botswana 2,777 9 Burkina Faso 605 4 3 Burundi 32 0 Cameroon 1,941 10 Cape Verde 1,453 0 0 Central African Republic 9 0 Chad 45 20 2 Comoros 4 0 Congo 188 7 Congo Democratic Republic 352 19 Cote d'Ivoire 3,278 5 Djibouti 319 Egypt 42,393 25 9 Equatorial Guinea 652 0 Eritrea 6 0 Ethiopia 293 4 1 Gabon 684 4 20 Gambia 162 Ghana 4,781 8 Guinea 305 1 6 Guinea-Bissau 10 Iran 13,501 4 0 Iraq 1,368 1 Israel 23,411 14 13 Jordan 3,458 13 Kenya 3,781 20 Kuwait 19,802 13 40 Lesotho 13 0 Liberia 35,723 15 1 Libya 1,364 40 4 Madagascar 1,027 0 Malawi 155 3 1 Mali 240 0 Mauritania 240 0 3 Morocco 23,824 2 2 Mozambique 3,128 10 0 Namibia 390 0 Niger 36 17 0 Nigeria 8,291 19 Oman 9,793 2 Palestinian Territory 40 Qatar 50,839 35 3 Rwanda 40 0 0 Sao Tome and Principe 45 0 Saudi Arabia 46,252 21 12 Senegal 2,163 1 6 Seychelles 1,800 20 0 Sierra Leone 67 Somalia 1 0 0 South Africa 117,955 70 8 St. Helena 4 Sudan 692 2 0 Swaziland 127 7 1 Syria 537 3 0 Tanzania 1,842 66 12 Togo 199 2 Tunisia 6,059 2 8 Uganda 800 28 United Arab Emirates 133,015 43 10 Yemen 1,442 13 1 Zambia 1,676 18 Zimbabwe 315 0 Residual 79 89 Asia & Pacific 1,540,959 24 20 Afghanistan 216 47 Armenia 554 0 Azerbaijan 3,896 14 4 Bangladesh 5,415 14 Bhutan 59 2 British Overseas Territories 277 3 Brunei 2,430 7 Cambodia 269 7 1 China 376,994 19 19 Taiwan 130,008 32 25 Fiji 1,336 0 French Polynesia 4,157 0 Georgia 1,214 44 7 India 260,531 27 22 Indonesia 82,292 17 15 Kazakhstan 19,712 14 14 Kiribati 1 100 Kyrgyzstan 174 0 Laos 391 0 Malaysia 110,821 29 13 Maldives 545 0 Marshall Islands 33,142 16 Micronesia 2 0 Mongolia 202 0 Myanmar 212 Nauru 2 Nepal 295 1 New Caledonia 4,632 0 Korea, North 37 8 Pakistan 12,989 48 11 Palau 2 0 Papua New Guinea 2,614 4 15 Philippines 27,463 19 16 Solomon Islands 136 0 Korea, South 352,873 26 26 Sri Lanka 5,017 8 Tajikistan 49 0 Thailand 71,087 18 11 Timor Leste 83 Tonga 142 0 Turkmenistan 201 Tuvalu 10 0 US Pacific Islands 356 51 7 Uzbekistan 622 5 3 Viet nam 17,081 8 Wallis/Futuna 26 Residual 10,392 96 Europe 1,254,764 4 5 Albania 5,836 0 0 Belarus 3,817 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,616 0 0 Bulgaria 36,926 1 1 Croatia 71,959 0 0 Czech Republic 159,737 2 2 Estonia 24,098 0 0 Hungary 129,779 3 Latvia 24,199 0 0 Lithuania 26,556 0 0 Macedonia, FYR 2,223 1 Moldova 716 2 0 Montenegro 1,268 0 Poland 258,463 2 5 Romania 99,998 2 1 Russia 174,994 6 9 Serbia 22,886 0 Turkey 160,053 14 12 Ukraine 40,717 1 4 Res. Serbia & Montenegro 76 97 Residual Europe 847 Latin America/Caribbean 1,049,678 11 20 Argentina 35,494 14 15 Belize 2,959 7 0 Bolivia 569 7 2 Brazil 424,095 15 16 Chile 105,329 6 8 Colombia 29,360 5 25 Costa Rica 9,360 19 Cuba 1,581 Dominica 233 Dominican Republic 5,690 5 16 Ecuador 2,823 11 30 El Salvador 7,605 29 Falkland Islands 47 Grenada 312 3 0 Guatemala 4,578 4 45 Guyana 893 0 0 Haiti 217 39 Honduras 2,155 34 Jamaica 6,321 2 9 Mexico 329,064 10 32 Nicaragua 602 45 Paraguay 3,412 10 Peru 32,902 4 10 St Lucia 1,703 1 St Vincent 879 6 Suriname 369 0 Trinidad and Tobago 9,934 2 7 Turks and Caicos 1,257 3 Uruguay 7,386 4 8 Venezuela 17,790 6 13 Residual 4,759 21 Int. organisations 83,896 24 Unallocated 8,995 2

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