Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 March 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland: Financial Statements 2019

9:30 am

Mr. Ian Black:

Obviously, the scheme was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine so in a sense we need to work with the relevant Department in terms of funding for those schemes. One of the attractions of that scheme was that it had a very attractive interest rate. I believe it was 2.95%, which was very attractive at the time. That is why it was so over subscribed. We are constantly looking at our existing schemes and looking for new schemes. We are working towards a new scheme later in the year. Again, they are in the slide presentation but the schemes are shown in order of term so there is a working capital facility, which is typically three years; the Covid credit guarantee scheme, which is five and a half years; and the future growth loan scheme, which is seven to ten years. We are trying to design the schemes with that purpose in mind, whether it is for working capital or investment purposes.

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