Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Many of them were badly burned and while they might have no debt now, they are only emerging from having had debt previously. There is a nervousness. I encourage the Tánaiste to track those schemes and track the uptake. There is an explanation and, as he said, he is worried about some of them so I encourage him to keep an eye on those.

Does he believe enough funding has been given to LEOs? His constituency and mine are covered by Fingal LEO, which does fantastic work. Given the volume of businesses that contact them to seek advice and guidance at the moment, however, most of them are run off their feet. They do not have the financial or human resources to deal with the volume. Do LEOs, EI, InterTradeIreland and others have sufficient resources and staff to deal with Brexit on top of the Covid-19 crisis? Does he think they will need more funding, specifically targeted at staff, over and above that? Is he actively monitoring that to ensure it is addressed in the event they do? I believe we will all agree they do fantastic work but they need to be resourced.