Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Report on Access to Finance for SMEs: InterTradeIreland

2:05 pm

Mr. Aidan Gough:

In terms of the state of the business sectors across the island, as I mentioned earlier we do the all-island business monitor, where we survey 1,000 businesses every quarter. In terms of the recovery, there is a similarity in the position of the two economies and for the first time we are talking now about a recovery. In our latest survey 40% to 50% of businesses are now saying they are in growth mode, which is up from only 10% a year ago. Therefore, a recovery is happening. What we have said in our-----