Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Report on Local Public Banking: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Ed Sibley:

Yes. There is one thing that is important to look at in this context. We have spoken about mortgage interest rates. There is a degree of variation within the average. The variation for SMEs is quite significant because there are different sectors with different risk profiles, as well as different levels of loan size.