Ms Sinead Ryan:

The Deputy mentioned the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and it has a number of schemes in place to support businesses at the moment, for example there is the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme, the growth and stability loan scheme, the UK credit guarantee scheme, a micro-enterprise loan scheme, and the increased cost of business support scheme which is due to be rolled out this year. Therefore, a lot of work is ongoing about which the Department would be best placed to speak but there are a number of supports in place for businesses both in terms of financial and practical supports.