Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 October 2019
171. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings of the advisory group for small business in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she or the Minister of State in her Department chaired and attended each such meeting. [40716/19]
View answerMeetings of the Advisory Group for Small Business were held on the following dates in the years 2016 - 2018
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Year |
Date |
Chaired By |
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2016 |
27 January |
Minister Ged Nash |
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20 July |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
|
13 September |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
|
1 November |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
|
6 December |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
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2017 |
14 February |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
12 April |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
|
6 September |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
|
19 October |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
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2018 |
27 March |
Minister Pat Breen |
|
1 May |
Minister Pat Breen |
The new SME & Entrepreneurship (SMEE) Consultation Group superseded the Advisory Group on Small Business in 2019. It involves over 40 SME and entrepreneurship-related stakeholders including business owners, representative bodies, policy makers and Government agencies.
The inaugural meeting of the new Group was held on 27 March 2019, and was chaired by Minister Breen. The Group next met in the format of the SME and Entrepreneurship Strategy Conference at the Aviva Stadium on 12 July 2019, which was attended by both myself and Minister Breen. The Group will next convene on the occasion of the launch of the OECD Review of SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland on 23 October next.
