Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

Is AIB represented on the round-table group to which the Minister of State referred? An official from AIB told the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service last week that little or no money would come through to small businesses on foot of NAMA. We all thought the intention behind the establishment of NAMA had been to allow money to trickle through. Is that attitude shared by the banks that sit at the round table with the Minister of State?

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