Mr. Colm Forde:

Regarding the Deputy's question about supports for business, the White Paper on enterprise for our Department highlights that we are focused on the twin transitions of decarbonisation and digitisation. There are a number of supports for SMEs when it comes to decarbonisation. Enterprise Ireland has a range of supports aimed at helping companies to become more sustainable. These supports may help them to fulfil the requirements imposed by CSRD, for example, to comply with the voluntary reporting standards. Examples of EI supports available include the GreenPlus grant, which can be used for training to build environmental management capability and to implement environmental best practice, within a company. There is also the GreenStart grant which can be used to implement a structured environmental management and reporting system. We are very keen for companies to avail of those supports. The Department has developed a new national enterprise hub, where all supports are available to companies. They can go on there, see what the requirements are and see how they can avail of supports. It has been developed and designed to make it as user friendly as possible and to reduce the administrative burden. In this way, companies will be able to see the competitive advantages they can avail of by engaging with those schemes.