Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I again thank the Deputy. The report was jointly funded by the Social Finance Foundation and the Central Bank of Ireland. As the foundation is not widely known, I note that it is a wholesale lender of social finance, providing finance for social lending organisations in order that they, in turn, can lend to borrowers seeking funding primarily for the purposes of community development and social enterprise. I assume that both the Central Bank of Ireland and the Social Finance Foundation will examine the report. I would welcome any proposal they might wish to make arising from it.

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