David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What is even more worrying is, and again I think it is on the same page, is page 26. I refer to the graph that refers to the business climate action plan by firm size and shows that 82.67% of micro-sized enterprises have no business plan, 12% have a business plan, some do not know. For small businesses, 72% have no climate action plan, 61% of medium-sized enterprises have no climate action plan. We know that this issue is coming at us very fast. The costs associated with this will be enormous. Representatives of businesses have been in contact with me and told me that they are erecting solar panels and they are trying to get paid for the electricity but are finding it very difficult to engage with the electric companies to get paid and so on. Surely it is a massive challenge to make companies aware of the climate action plan and get a plan in place. What assistance does the Department give companies to do this?