Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The people of the two southern Ulster counties that I have the privilege of representing want us to focus on the immediate issues. The people in my clinics were concerned about sectors in which they work facing particular trading difficulties because of the weakness of sterling. Is the Government considering giving some assistance to small and medium enterprises in sectors that are very heavily dependent on exporting to Northern Ireland? They have already been hit by uncertainty and the weakness of sterling and they are very concerned about the immediate difficulties that face them, never mind the long-term difficulties. The Government needs to send out a message to employers, employees and businesses in those sectors that assistance will be provided to them to get through these very difficult times.

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