Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Access to Credit Provision: Discussion with Credit Review Office
2:35 pm
Mr. John Trethowan:
I do not have that information to hand. The banks regularly report that their decline rates are between 10% and 15%. We are constantly trying to improve our service for SMEs. If an SME comes to the Credit Review Office in advance of going to the bank for an internal appeal, we will lodge the appeal on their behalf. We are trying to make it as simple as possible.