Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Green Paper on Capital Markets Union: Discussion

2:00 pm

Ms Regina Breheny:

The EIB does not necessarily give equity. This is equity money not debt money. That is the big issue. Venture capital funds are specifically precluded from taking on leverage.