ISME Response to Dublin Riots
Retail staff are not afraid of immigrants, they are afraid of unrestrained thuggery Dublin – 24th November 2023: Yesterday’s violent assault on a woman and three children, followed by a night of rioting and looting, will come as no...
ISME highlights opportunity for Finance Minister to create private sector pension equity.
Pension Fund Standard Threshold should be immediately increased November 13th, 2023: ISME notes that the issue of the pension standard fund threshold (SFT) is only being considered at this point by the Department of Finance, because members of the Garda...
ISME’s response to Budget 2024
Dublin 10th October 2023: The Irish SME Association, ISME, sets out its response to the 2024 Budget announced this afternoon. The tax package announced is minimal but welcome. The adjustment to the standard rate cut off to €42,000 means the...
Urgent support needed for childcare sector: FECP and ISME call for support
18th August 2023: The members of Federation of Early Childhood Providers (FECP) have expressed their frustration at lack of progress on securing funding for their sector. The status in the sector has now reached crisis point and without the securing...
ISME writes to Taoiseach on national minimum wage concern
The majority of Irish workers are employed by SMEs ISME wrote to the Taoiseach on 31st July to highlight issues around the impact of the proposed 12.4% increase on the National Minimum Wage in 2024 noting that the measure will...
Proposed minimum wage increase will not deliver for workers
Divergence in wage levels is enormous. 19th July 2023: ISME is concerned that the big increase in the minimum wage planned by the Low Pay Commission for next year will be unaffordable for many small businesses. A 12.4% increase in...
ISME calls on Government to urgently tackle fraud on businesses
Failure to tackle online and telephone fraud costs small businesses €310 million annually 5th July 2023: The Irish SME Association, ISME, is calling on Government to introduce measures as a matter of urgency, that will help tackle and reduce business fraud in...
ISME Makes Submission for Budget 2024
Fix VAT rates at 21% and 9% - Establish a Public Spending Commission - Publish debt profile of national debt. Dublin 26th April 2023 - ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, representing more than 10,500 direct and thirty-three...
ISME welcomes new procurement circular 05-2023
ISME welcomes the publication by DPENDR of the new procurement circular 05-2023. Key changes to procurement procedures covered by the circular include: An increase to the advertising threshold for goods and services contracts from €25,000 to €50,000 (ex VAT). An...
Call for exemptions for SMEs on CSDDD
The Irish SME Association (ISME) is calling on Government MEPs in Brussels to reconsider the recommendations in the draft EU Parliament report on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). ISME wrote to MEPs this week to ensure the EU...
