Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-14
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

I appreciate the range of help and supports available. That is not a problem, but those supports must be looked at in context of the Central Bank telling us that small to medium enterprises are going to need liquidity of up to €5.7 billion. We have the national small business recovery plan, and I see John Moran is the chairman of the organisation, which put that together. I hope he has the same passion for building public houses on public land as he shows for small businesses. I welcome his passion. He points out that such businesses are an integral part of our society. They are embedded in our society and we cannot do without them. I fully accept that. He talks about a figure of €15 billion. While I did not get a copy of the Minister's speech, I was listening to it in my office and I think she mentioned a figure of €15 billion in total as well. Is that right?

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Sitting date: 2020-05-14