Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The question of putting a roof over people's heads and not having them lumbered with mortgage debt and so on is intrinsically linked to their capacity to function economically and in every other way in our economy. It is reasonable that a strategic bank should have this as a priority. I do not deny the imperative relating to SMEs, but there are other imperatives and there is a significant overlap between them in respect of what the role, value and impact of a strategic bank should be. I urge the Minister to reconsider his view.

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