Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

I wish to make two key points. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, claims that almost 50% of its members still have difficulty getting credit. When the European Central Bank, ECB, started reducing rates for domestic mortgages, there were interesting pictures of an emboldened Taoiseach claiming that the Government had put it up to the banks to get them to reduce the burden on mortgage holders. Has the Minister asked the banks to reduce the rate they charge to small businesses?

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