Irish businesses will be able to apply to participating banks for loans covered by the Government's €2bn credit guarantee scheme from today.
The scheme will allow small and medium-sized firms to borrow up to €1m, with 80% of the loan guaranteed by the State. It aims to help businesses, including in the farming and fishing sectors, deal effectively with the economic fallout from Covid-19.
However, some business leaders have questioned the appetite among small and medium-sized enterprises for taking on debt that they may feel they will not be in a position to pay back.
The scheme will be the biggest ever State-backed loan guarantee in Ireland. "The Government is determined to help businesses as they operate in a fundamentally changed trading
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