Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the doubling of the funding. It is important the message in that regard gets out. Perhaps the LEOs can step up to the mark in this regard. The Minister of State referred earlier to confidence. Many retailers need confidence to enable them trade online. They do not understand the process.

Where are we at on the legacy debt issue, which is a major issue, in particular for retailers who may have expanded their premises or bought new premises during the so-called boom time? There is a great deal of focus on mortgage debt, and rightly so, but SME debt is costing jobs and expansion. Without some real attempt to focus on this, it will be a drag on economic recovery.

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