Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (Resumed)

10:20 am

Mr. Kevin Johnson:

Going back as far as 2009 we set out a paper on how such an investment bond could be utilised. I would be more than happy to share that information again. In terms of Government plans and guarantees, credit unions should be factored into those plans. If the committee, as part of its recommendations, deem it appropriate to establish a work group to further explore and implement any of its findings we would be willing to actively engage in such an initiative and give our resources to that.