An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-21
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal

The temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, only expended €150 million of its €1.3 billion budget. Businesses had hoped the underspend in TBESS money would be reprofiled and redistributed to help with the cost-of-doing-business crisis instead of reverting to the Exchequer. As insolvencies are up 38% across the first three quarters of the year and businesses are struggling with energy bill arrears, will the Government give a commitment that some or all of the €1.1 billion underspend in TBESS will be provided to struggling businesses and SMEs, and family businesses in particular?

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Sitting date: 2023-11-21