Dr Harriet Treacy

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158 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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That was absolutely critical.

Without that, I wouldn't have even got off go because, you know, the grant system, it just isn't strong enough.

It's too slow.

I mean, it has its place, but it doesn't get you off go fast enough.

It's why the States have done so well.

They're writing checks within 24 hours and meeting people.

We're not there yet, but it would be nice if we were.

What would I say to Simon Harris?

I think you need to have a better incentive for people to set up businesses.

And I think the Dublin Chamber of Commerce spoke about this really, really well.

Owen Quigley spoke about this in his last keynote speech as the outgoing president.

And he spoke about how we need to reduce the capital gains stats.

We need to make it more, you know, we need to increase entrepreneurial relief.

We need to make it an incentive.

Why wouldn't you set up a business?

as opposed to trying to kind of convince yourself to do it.

So we're quite fortunate in that we use that first chunk of change to kind of get ourselves off the ground.

And then we just over 1.5 million.

And then we got half a million from a grant.

So that was great.

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