Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate what the Minister said. However, I have been contacted by business owners to say that, when they looked at their credit rating, they found it had been impacted because of their inability to meet bills, particularly at the beginning of the pandemic. This is something of which we need to be aware and on which we need a quick response to ensure every business that can will be able to stay open. Given the employment those businesses create and their importance for towns, small and large, and rural areas, we need to keep them open. I ask that the Minister take this point on board and recognise there are problems in respect of credit ratings. We do not want those problems to increase if we are to support people in going forward to trade out of the horrific time they have been through.

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