Arthur Spring (Kerry North-West Limerick, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The level of equity is now far greater. It is, however, still a constraint and goes back to the net question as to why the banks are at a figure of 10% and whether there is a role for the Central Bank to play. I remember the Central Bank reports we had to produce on the percentage of business in agriculture, the percentage in industry, etc., when I was working in the banking sector. The Central Bank has all of that data. The amount of new money available for site finance and building houses has been compressed enormously.