Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would give a word of caution and perhaps a word of warning. As we came out of Covid, many businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises in retail and hospitality, became somewhat dependent on supports and this continued through the ICOB scheme. I am sure this has been fed into the budgeting process. It is critical that we have a commitment in the budget to ensure the supports that businesses have enjoyed, and have been dependent on to keep their doors open, will continue. Hopefully, we will see a specific line in the budget to continue the support for these businesses.

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