Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Do the witnesses think we have come to a stage where we need to put supports in place for the SMEs as a matter of urgency based on what we are being told on the ground and what is being told to us by the representative groups for these organisations? Is there research being done by the Department that tells it that this is not correct? What is it doing to try to find out - perhaps with the Department of jobs and enterprise - what is happening and what needs to be done, and not just waiting for the next budget? I am getting the impression it is fairly urgent at this stage. That question is perhaps one for the Department of Finance.