Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

Business of Joint Committee

2:00 am

Photo of Tony McCormackTony McCormack (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh. I wish you well in your stewardship of this important committee. I was delighted to be nominated by our party to be on it. It fits in very well with my position as spokesperson for small- and medium-sized enterprises and retail. As my colleague Deputy Dolan said, it is very important we look at small- and medium-sized enterprises and at ways to help them not only survive, but thrive. The profit margins have got very tight and we need to look at different ways to try to help.

Enterprise, tourism and employment are important aspects of our economy and the fabric of our communities. We must look at each of those. One cannot survive without the others, so we have to look at them individually, but also collectively. We are heading for interesting times, as others said. There is the tariff situation with Trump and the geopolitical situation with wars in the likes of Gaza and Ukraine.

While I will be working here very strongly for my county of Offaly, I understand this is a national committee and I will be putting on the Irish hat as opposed to the county hat. I look forward to working with everyone else on the committee. We have huge work to do in the term of this Government.

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