New Credit Demand research on Ireland’s SME’s has revealed that 18% of businesses applied for bank finance since the onset of Covid-19 while 12% expect to apply for finance in the next six months  72% of SMEs that did not apply for credit reported they had sufficient internal funds.  Minister For Finance Paschal Donohoe joins us to discuss.

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