Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The temporary business energy support scheme only expended €150 million of its €1.3 billion budget. Businesses had hoped the underspend in TBESS money would be reprofiled and redistributed to help with the cost of doing business crisis instead of reverting to the Exchequer. As insolvencies are up 38% across the first three quarters of the year and businesses are struggling with energy bill arrears, will the Government give a commitment that some or all of the €1.1 billion underspend in TBESS will be provided to struggling businesses and SMEs, and family businesses in particular?

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