Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this question is to ascertain the level of engagement of the Minister for Finance with the banks, in particular with the banks in which the State is a shareholder. We own a number of the banks. We have a minority shareholding in Bank of Ireland. The Minister is a member of the Economic Management Council and it is appropriate that he would engage with the banks regularly on key issues of concern in the economy such as interest rates, mortgage arrears and lending to the SME sector.

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