Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not disagree on the substantive policy issue at all. I have spoken to a range of business owners and self-employed people about the policy issue in great depth and I have no disagreement with Mr. McDonnell on that. I would strongly support him. The nature of the comment was so unusual that I had to draw attention to it.

Mr. McDonnell said industrial policy is fixated on the FMC sector. I have worked with small businesses and yesterday I visited the businesses in my constituency which have reopened to tell them it was great to see them back and to ask them if they needed any more information. I went through the list of the supports which are available. To me, it seems that all these supports are dedicated to small and medium-sized Irish companies. Is the statement Mr. McDonnell made fair? I see support for local and Irish businesses.