Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary)

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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We will monitor the drawdown of the scheme and its implications over the coming months. We will see whether we can make improvements to the scheme as we proceed. What we as a Department have to focus on are the hundreds of thousands of businesses that badly need this money ASAP to support their enterprises and jobs. When I speak to them, they are not obsessed with who else is getting money. They are obsessed with what they are getting. That they need the money ASAP is the bottom line and is why we are concentrating our efforts-----