John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)

This is about the potential for new business. I assure the Deputy that the Government is determined that the banks will play a critical role in kick-starting the domestic economy. It is very important to get confidence and credit. Unfortunately they are both linked. There is a great lack of confidence. There are 650,000 people working in small companies. We need to give confidence to those employees and their employers.

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