Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Discussion with Bank of Ireland
11:00 am
Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I hope AIB is not in trouble today.
On the small and medium-sized enterprises, I am not sure we got to the bottom of this at all yesterday. I note Mr. Boucher's presentation states that Bank of Ireland is targeting to approve €3.5 billion in lending in 2012. I suppose my first observation is the absence of the words "new lending". As I understand it from yesterday, some of Bank of Ireland's competitors are including in the €3.5 billion target set by Government reapplications for overdrafts and for other facilities. What percentage of the €3.5 billion is new lending to SMEs, farmers and new businesses?
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