Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge some of the very positive measures included in the budget to assist small and medium-sized enterprises and particularly hospitality businesses and retail businesses. However, I also point out that these businesses are facing enormous difficulties with their cost bases at the moment. We had a major protest on the streets of Dublin here today from many people involved in those businesses who are finding it really difficult to do business at the moment and whose future survival requires further intervention from Government. Is it a priority of Government to further intervene and provide the types of supports required by businesses throughout the country, including in my own constituency of Kerry, to survive into the future and to be able to trade without facing such high costs of doing business?

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