4.— The purposes of this Act are—

(a) to address the serious and continuing disruption to the economy and the financial system and the continuing serious threat to the stability of certain credit institutions in the State and the financial system generally,

(b) to implement the reorganisation of credit institutions in the State to achieve the financial stabilisation of those credit institutions and their restructuring (consistently with the state aid rules of the European Union) in the context of the National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014 and the European Union/International Monetary Fund Programme of Financial Support for Ireland,

(c) to continue the process of reorganisation, preservation and restoration of the financial position of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited begun with the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Act 2009,

(d) to continue the process of preservation and restoration of the financial position of building societies through the issue of special investment shares under section 18(1A) of the Building Societies Act 1989,

(e) to protect the interests of depositors in credit institutions,

(f) to address the compelling need—

(i) to facilitate the availability of credit in the economy of the State,

(ii) to protect the State’s interest in respect of the guarantees given by the State under the Act of 2008 and to support the steps taken by the Government in that regard,

(iii) to protect the interests of taxpayers,

(iv) to restore confidence in the banking sector and to underpin Government support measures in relation to that sector, and

(v) to align the activities of the relevant institutions and the duties and responsibilities of their officers and employees with the public interest and the other purposes of this Act,

(g) to F7[preserve or restore] the financial position of a relevant institution, and

(h) to empower the Court to impose reorganisation measures through orders made in reliance on the CIWUD Directive.