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

I want to talk to the Minister about social enterprises, in particular if he will amend the eligibility criteria to enable them to access the local enterprise office and Enterprise Ireland supports. They are locked out of some of them. The Minister knows the real value of social enterprises. There are hundreds of them right across my own county of Mayo. They generate real and sustainable regional employment, while also strengthening the social cohesion in communities. The effectiveness of social enterprise in fostering both job growth and social cohesion is proportionate to the extent to which an enabling environment for social enterprise is created.

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