Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery

Photo of Colm BrophyColm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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I am going to interrupt Mr. Moran as I want to ask a specific question. When he states that cash is required in the initial period, I am trying to deduce whether he is seeking a scheme like that in Northern Ireland, where everybody would get €25,000. Is he looking for small and medium enterprises to be able to say very quickly that they need €7,000 or €47,000, for example? Is a no strings attached cash grant being sought? Is it the first initiative Mr. Moran wants to see, regardless of loans or anything else?