The Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response has heard calls for more help for small and medium businesses affected by the pandemic.
The Chair of SME Recovery Ireland, John Moran, told politicians that small and medium businesses across Ireland are dying and need more funding to help them to survive.
In his opening statement, Mr Moran called for a €15bn bailout, including an immediate injection of liquidity worth €6bn to help small and medium businesses impacted by Covid-19.
Mr Moran said the Government's response has been "too slow, too small and too expensive" and that existing schemes must be restructured as grant aid and not debt.