Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will be hit by time. The 2010-11 lending plan reads, "AIB is already providing considerable lending support to SMEs", but the key phrase is "in both new lending and in the re-scheduling and restructuring". In its plan, AIB clearly makes a distinction between new lending and restructuring. The bank's target is €3.5 billion in new lending.