Linda Nelson Murray (Fine Gael)

I thank the Chair. I thank everyone for coming here today. The committee is doing a good bit on the increased cost of doing business. We are all looking for someone to come up with the million-dollar answer that will help businesses out in Ireland and help enterprise centres.

For transparency, I was on the national council of ISME and I worked with Gary O’Meara in Meath Enterprise too. That is to say that on my past. What I know about enterprise centres, having been there, is that they are vital in our community. Navan has the Meath Enterprise Centre. Navan was the home of furniture in Ireland. We had our furniture trade fairs there when I was seven, eight or nine years old and it evolved into the great enterprise centre that it is now. There is a digital hub, a food hub and food spaces. We do not want to see anything happening to enterprise centres in Ireland.

Will Ms Finn give an example of what one or two of her counterparts in Europe might have received in funding to ensure they performed better on the EU scoreboard she mentioned? Does she understand why it has taken so long here if we have only taken €10 million out of the €145 million? She is saying that is the most critical part of it.