Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development
Sustaining Small Rural Businesses: Discussion (Resumed)
11:55 am
Maura Hopkins (Fine Gael)
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I apologise for being late. I was in another meeting. My questions relate to Pobal's presentation. In supporting volunteers and committees, will Mr. Leamy elaborate on the toolkit to which he alluded?
Senator Coffey mentioned the supports that are available, but we need to try to communicate them to people. What is Pobal's view of how we do that? Is it with financing, information or support? I know the local enterprise offices, LEOs, have been mentioned, with which we are familiar, but it seems from our discussions here that something more is needed. Otherwise, the LEOs need to be better resourced and supported in order to be that vehicle. I am not sure, but I ask the witnesses, who are experts in the area, to try to find out how best we can create that point of information about all the issues that involve businesses in rural communities.