Meetings of the Advisory Group for Small Business were held on the following dates in the years 2016 - 2018
Year
|
Date
|
Chaired By
|
2016
|
27 January
|
Minister Ged Nash
|
|
20 July
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
|
13 September
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
|
1 November
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
|
6 December
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
2017
|
14 February
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
|
12 April
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
|
6 September
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
|
19 October
|
Minister Pat Breen
|
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The new SME & Entrepreneurship (SMEE) Consultation Group superseded the Advisory Group on Small Business in 2019.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.