Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I met with all of the representatives of the credit union organisations earlier this month and we have agreed a series of proposals in respect of the amending legislation that they are looking for. I encourage credit unions - as, I am sure, everybody else in this House would do - to avail of the opportunity presented by the closure of so many bank branches and the fact that some banks leaving the country to offer financial services to people in their communities who need them and use this as a way of growing the credit union movement.

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