Irish firms await stimulus at 'eleventh hour' in Covid-19 crisis    

ISME Chief Executive Officer, Neil McDonnell enters the Dáil to report to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 economic response. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

A cut in Vat and a revised wage-support scheme would be among the most effective measures in the Government's stimulus package to help businesses in their "eleventh-hour" fight to survive during the Covid-19 economic crisis, advisers and business groups have said.   

Government ministers are expected to unveil the long-awaited stimulus package early next week.