Ibec urges Donohoe to give €15,000 grant to 70,000 small firms to save jobs from Covid-19 hit

The Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD outlined the End May 2020 Exchequer figures in the Whitaker Room, Department of Finance, Government Buildings, Dublin 2. Photo Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Ireland’s main business group Ibec said that the Government's planned summer recovery package for small firms need not stretch to multi-billions and could be pegged to as little as €2.7bn upfront to save many thousands of jobs.