Fuel Prices
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-28
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Albert Dolan (FF), Galway East

I welcome the intervention and the sizeable package that has been put in place, but it is like any scheme or package that was rolled out over the past few years. It is about how quickly a business can get this into its bank account to provide cashflow and liquidity so it can continue in business and get through a difficult and turbulent time. It is critical that the supports that are put in place now are through a streamlined process that is easy to draw down. Where I come from in east Galway, my family runs an accountancy firm and many of our clients are agri-contractors, small businesses and construction companies, and I see the hoops they have to jump through in trying to draw down many business schemes. I remember the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS. That was extremely complicated and complex and it ended up being handed to the accountants to do. It is critical that people are able to utilise this scheme and get it as smoothly as possible.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-28