Many grantepreneurs in this country using that system to levy their businesses and we should be looking after smaller businesses at this time. The council and the State agencies are not supporting local businesses, and they need to do so. We need a simplification of the information going from the Department to support our small local businesses.
Many businesses on our main streets are dependent on other anchor businesses. For me, the real opportunity for businesses is to take out the mundane repetitive piece to allow them to see what they can do or how they can give themselves more time to reflect, imagine and promote their businesses. This last organisation is another Government agency to help businesses interested in developing AI, that is, not just businesses seeking to use the technology but actual AI businesses too.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 3,405 words from 10 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Aubrey McCarthy and Sharon Keogan; Níl, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 5–24 |
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