Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The reason I asked the question is that I have a perception, let us say, that the Department at times does not sufficiently understand what is going on in small and micro-businesses in terms of the challenges. If it does not understand why a company is coming into SCARP, I suggest that is something it needs to understand. It is not enough to say that a practitioner has brought the case to the Department and it will adjudicate on it. The Department should fundamentally understand the challenges that have brought that business to the SCARP process.