Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are still a good few people who want to start businesses, even at this very difficult time. I met a few of these individuals in the past few weeks. How accessible is it for new start-up businesses to get grants? Much of the criticism that comes from people who are trying to start businesses is that the grants do not exactly come straight to them to get their operations up and running. There is a middle man who takes a lot of this money before they get their hands on it. That kind of available cash is needed by people to start their businesses. How accessible is grant aid for start-up businesses?