High insurance costsWe're not so naïve as to think this is the silver bullet to high insurance costs and white-collar crime. A decade later, the banks are far better capitalised, and are comfortable with Ireland's new bankruptcy and personal insolvency environment. As this coincides with a rapidly expanding state sector, it is difficult to see how domestic small enterprise can avoid being squeezed. While there is near unanimity among politicians of the importance of small enterprise, no one wants to do anything about it. ISME has long sought a third state agency to address the needs of small enterprise.

Source: Irish Examiner December 27, 2021 04:32 UTC