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

Start-up businesses have been hit hardest. I spoke last night to the owner of one based in a west Cork town, who, like many others, is facing a massive uphill battle to keep his doors open. He cannot avail of the back-to-work grant because it is based on how his business fared last year. Other than giving the man plenty of sympathy, which people in his position are hearing enough of on the phone, is some grant aid available, in our guests' knowledge, for people who have started a business this year and have been caught with Covid-19?