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

2:25 pm

Photo of John LyonsJohn Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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I am in favour of the idea of a one-stop-shop on the Internet for the island of Ireland available to any business. I was with somebody recently who set up a formal wear clothes shop when the black-tie market was falling apart in Ireland after a major black-tie company moved out. He is singularly busy setting up his business. There must be multitudes like him. The one-stop-shop online is the best thing because we all get so many things in the post at times and we are so busy that we do not examine them. However, if people knew about a one-stop shop it could help. I hope that comes about sooner rather than later from both sides of the island.