Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It will be used as a competitive advantage by the multiples once it gets up and running. To say that a small shop can get a grant is not satisfactory. This is not about grant-aiding shops. We should have a system that is cost neutral to them. They should not have to put in money themselves or fund it through a grant scheme. If we are going to do it, then it should just be paid for. Let it be done by means of a levy or otherwise. The Department is going to create an unfair system because the multiples have the purchasing power and they will squeeze the suppliers to get this system paid for. That is the way they work.