Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish both of the Deputies well in the future and congratulate them on their new roles. I wish to bring to the Minister's attention, under the section of small businesses, that agriculture and farming probably make up most of the small businesses in rural Ireland. I wish to bring to the Minister's attention, in terms of the transfer of bank accounts from Ulster Bank and from banks that are closing, to Permanent TSB and other banks where overdraft facilities are not being acknowledged. Farmers are running into real difficulties with banks that do not understand the nature of farming and in terms of payments that come in at certain times of the year. Farmers are now finding they are completely without overdraft facilities. When the Minister speaks about credit and credit flows being available to small businesses, absolutely and certainly, that is needed to sustain those businesses.

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