Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Dublin Chamber of Commerce has sent around a report today which would make good reading with regard to employee problems experienced. As for the EI allocation of moneys of €52 million, I suggest it needs to be significantly looked at. There will be many small tranches of money within that. It suggests approximately 500 companies could be impacted. There is an ongoing difficulty with regard to the time it takes to draw down loans, not just for companies to prepare their own participation but with regard to achieving grant status and getting the payment.