Small and Medium Enterprises
Dail Éireann — 2024-04-18
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

Everyone is well aware of the local enterprise offices and I know the one in Louth does a great deal of work in engaging, signposting and facilitating all sorts of grants and training. We also know about the work Enterprise Ireland and the IDA do and that is all very welcome, but a huge number of businesses are under severe pressure. There is the general cost-of-living crisis and the added cost of fuel and, even with changes that have been made from a legislative point of view, the price of public liability insurance has not fallen. Businesses are dealing with all this and with whatever other necessary moves were made that added costs to businesses. I do not believe I am mistaken when I say Deputy Coveney, when he was Minister, indicated promises had been made and that there would be some follow-on schemes, beyond what the Minister has referred to, in respect of hospitality and retail.

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Sitting date: 2024-04-18