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67
AER LINGUS GROUP PLC - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
5 Finance income and finance costs
2008 2007
€’000 €’000
Finance income
Interest on cash and term deposits 54,798 56,508
Interest income on other financial assets (Note 12) 4,420 5,637
Amortisation of available-for-sale reserve (Note 12) 1,642 -
Dividends received - 2,998
60,860 65,143
Finance costs
On bank loans and overdrafts 57 1,377
Finance lease interest 21,508 20,306
Finance charge on discounted provision (Note 19) 453 889
22,018 22,572
6 Employee benefits
The average number of persons employed by the Group in the financial year was 4,035 (2007: 3,905) split as follows:
2008 2007
Operations and administration 3,888 3,712
Sales and marketing 147 193
4,035 3,905
Their associated payroll costs were as follows:
2008 2007
€’000 €’000
Wages and salaries 279,763 261,341
Social welfare costs 24,463 21,992
Pension costs (Note 24) 29,339 23,495
Share based payments (Note 22) 735 500
334,300 307,328
A charge of €Nil has been made in respect of the employee profit share for 2008 (2007: €9.8m).