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

Designed to be responsive to whom is what we must be clear about. The Minister has repeatedly said that he does not think that anyone will have a change of mind on this issue. However, I always come to committee meetings with an open mind. I like to have my opinions confirmed, though, and that has happened this morning.

SMEs are the backbone of the economy in respect of employment, etc.

The Minister cited an increase of 78% in exported goods and of 44% in services. Will he give us a breakdown of those figures between large companies and SMEs and outline the benefits flowing from these increases?