Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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My Department is committed to sustainable economic development through the creation and maintenance of high-quality employment across all regions of our country. We champion enterprise and ensure a competitive business base to incentivise work, enterprise, innovation and investment.

The Local Enterprise Offices can help seasonal businesses to identify and market their unique selling points and also offer training and development programmes that can help businesses to identify cost saving measures and practices that will make them more competitive and ultimately more profitable. I would encourage any business that is looking for assistance to first contact their Local Enterprise Office as the provide a signposting service to all available government supports. If they cannot assist directly, they may be able to provide referrals to other relevant offices and agencies that can.

Owing to the risk of displacement in the typically small marketplace of seasonal businesses, my Department is not able to financially support these businesses. However, Government does provide support to this sector through the Arts Council which is under the aegis of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.