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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for the information and for giving their time to the committee this morning. If my time runs out, I might come back in later in the meeting. My first question relates to housing. It is instructive for us to see it written down. This is an issue that committee members deal with on an individual basis when we meet businesses and it is useful to see all the information...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Is there potential for long-term damage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is also true of those of us on this side of the table. I understand that was implied; I am joking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: We have to be honest with people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: It is huge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Having somewhere for people to live is fundamental.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Mr. McDonnell referred to the intense focus from the Government on the FDI sector combined with the lack of attention on helping to promote growth in the indigenous SME sector. He stated that approach runs the risk of regulatory capture of the Government by multinationals. I ask him to provide examples of how that is manifesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask the Exporters Association about two points that are referenced in its submission. Firstly the failure of the State to link up with micros and bring them into the exporting loop, and the failure to develop SMEs and mid-caps into larger global corporations. Will it elaborate on this, especially in regard to the latter where Irish SMEs often sell up to foreign buyers rather than...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: It is as though a piece of the jigsaw is missing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: The situation to which Mr. Picard referred with regard to employment permits is something we will discuss. There are a range of views and all those will be taken into consideration by this committee and, indeed, all parties. He referred to what might be classed as an underappreciation or lack of focus on the indigenous SME sector from Government, and the manner in which that is maybe...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I will agree with Mr. McKeever on that. What Enterprise Ireland does, it does incredibly well, as does the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, Ireland. There is that kind of necessary transfer, however. I am conscious of the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: It is that pathway to lead them through.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Would Mr. McDonnell like to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. McDonnell very much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: There is, therefore, consistency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Small and Medium Enterprises: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Okay.