Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Thanks, Chair. You state in your opening statement, Mr. Kelleher, access to finance was not an issue raised by CIF members in that period, the period leading up to 2008, actually, it is Mr. Parlon's opening statement, and I suppose that has to be seen against the backdrop of the evidence that has emerged since from the banks in terms of the relatively easy access to credit that was there. But would the CIF at any stage have got involved in supporting individual loan applications with any of your members, during either of your tenure, have requested the support of the CIF to access credit? And you would have become involved in directly contacting a bank, for example, to support a loan application?