Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Finance is working out the details on how that scheme will be rolled out and administered. There could be further details in the Finance Bill also. The EU continually reviews its temporary crisis aid framework, which places restrictions on us regarding how we administer a business support scheme. In other words, we have to be close to the EU temporary crisis aid framework in terms of how much we can aid businesses and companies in difficulty as a result of the energy price increases. That work is continuing at European level, so that could inform later iterations of the scheme. For the time being, we are concentrating on getting the scheme we have announced rolled out.

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