ISME Calls For Budget To Break ‘Dangerous Overreliance’ On Multinationals

About this episode

The episode discusses ISME's concerns about Ireland's reliance on multinationals and the need to support indigenous businesses.

Ireland's economic success has long been built on a combination of strong indigenous businesses and foreign direct investment. However, the small business representative group ISME is now warning that the country has become overly reliant on a relatively small number of multinational corporations, particularly when it comes to tax revenues and economic growth. In its pre-Budget submission, ISME is calling for a renewed focus on supporting Irish-owned businesses, encouraging entrepreneurship, improving access to capital and investing in skills and training. To discuss the challenges and opportunities facing indigenous enterprises, and what changes ISME would like to see in the upcoming Budget, Alan Morrissey was joined by ISME National Council member and owner of St Tola's Goat Cheese, Siobhán Ní Ghairbith. Image (c) ISME

People in this episode

Host: Alan Morrissey

Guest: Siobhán Ní Ghairbith

Topics covered

• economic reliance
• indigenous businesses
• foreign direct investment
• budget submission
• entrepreneurship
• tax revenues

Keywords

• ISME
• budget
• multinationals
• indigenous enterprises
• economic growth
• entrepreneurship
• capital access

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ISME, St Tola's Goat Cheese

Places: Ireland

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