Exporters call for tax breaks in Budget

The head of the Exporters Association is today calling on the Government to introduce tax breaks in the next Budget for those selling Ireland abroad.

Liam Shanahan president of the IEA also says special supports are also urgently needed to help Irish businesses selling into the sterling area offset the fall in the value of the currency which is making Irish exports more expensive.

Mr Shanahan has told the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee that firms need an incentive to send their salespeople abroad in search of new orders.