Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB

4:10 pm

Mr. Bernard Byrne:

It is somewhat surprising sometimes because there has been so much comment that the quality of some of the documentation has been quite poor. Many surveys point to that. There is a gap in the financial capacity and capability of SMEs and the supporting environment to produce robust business plans.