Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-06-18
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Ollie Crowe (FF), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I thank the Senators for their support this evening, more or less across the board. All Senators were very supportive and I appreciate that. As we are all aware, Private Members' time is precious and supporting small businesses and sending a strong message to the Government is vital.
It shows. Most of us brought the human side to it to with our backgrounds, so that is vitally important. Will the Minister of State provide a progress report in a number of months on the small business unit and on the forum? That is a very important element and will show leadership. We would appreciate it if she could do that for us. The Minister of State has outlined the work that goes on with the LEOs, the CeADAR, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland. She is doing a brilliant job and is a flag bearer for us. I ask her to continue the good work. I thank Members for the support this evening. I will leave it at that for now.

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Sitting date: 2025-06-18