AIB is this week expected to announce redundancy proposals which could see as many as 2,500 people leave the bank.
The Department of Finance and the bank have declined to comment on reports that the number of redundancies will be 25% larger than the 2,000 originally expected.
News agency Bloomberg said today the higher figure was partly as a result of the bank's takeover of the EBS Building Society. The bank has declined to comment.
The union representing bank staff, the IBOA, has said it is seeking an urgent meeting with the Department of Finance and AIB senior management to discuss speculation about restructuring at the bank.
"Since the bank has yet to provide us with details of its proposals, the union is therefore seeking these meetings in order to clarify the future direction of the bank and the likely implications of any change for staff and customers," IBOA general secretary Larry Broderick said in a statement.
There is speculation that an announcement on redundancies could be made this week. But the announcement is unlikely to go into the detail of the full terms of the redundancy package.
The Government was determined that any offer to bank staff would not exceed a recent HSE redundancy plan which was three weeks pay for every year of service plus two weeks statutory redundancy.
But the final shape of a package at AIB is likely to be the subject of discussions with workers' representatives.
