Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the concerns articulated about the common travel area and workers' rights, particularly EU workers, is there any more that the Irish Government can do to protect workers on the Border in the circumstances that were outlined earlier?

At the start of this year it was announced that there would be a fund of €25 million provided for Border communities and people have articulated that the amount is not enough. What sectors are not accessing some of the funding at the moment?

The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, funding and other funding schemes have been made available. Mr. O'Brien has articulated that there has been strong demand for long-term funding. What about bridging funding and working capital for micro enterprises, and small and medium-sized enterprises? What do we know about the demand for such funding? Is there a gap in terms of putting in place funding supports for those firms?