Mr. Leo Clancy:

We have lower numbers, both percentage-wise and absolute. Since 2022, 171 companies have availed of our decarbonisation and green supports. There were 201 approvals within that, so some companies have come back, having done a start and then a plus and moved on. It is important to say that a lot of our client base has sustainability plans already. We know from our annual survey in 2022 that 34% of companies already had sustainability plans. I think they would be further along than the microenterprises, in many cases. From the start of 2022 to the end of August 2023, we committed €7 million under this heading.

That money is against the overall climate planning fund for business of €55 million, which runs out to 2025.