Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are a range of initiatives to support job creation. If the co-operative firms, as with any other firms, are in need of particular support, particularly in the Brexit context, those supports are available to co-operatives in the same way that they are available to enterprises. It a question of ensuring that they realise that supports are available to them, as they are to other enterprises, and that they access them. If they do the kind of networking the Deputy suggests and if particular issues arise, I am very happy for the Deputy or the co-operative movement to communicate with my Department and for us to respond to the particular issues they identify as being essential to help them cope with any current threats.

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