ISME welcomes EU preliminary finding on insurance database
ISME welcomes EU preliminary finding on insurance database 18th June 2021: ISME warmly welcomes the preliminary findings by the EU Commission that the operation of the “Insurance Link” database by Insurance Ireland breaches competition rules. The Commission commenced investigation of...
ISME welcomes passage of Perjury Bill
Offenders will face up to 10 years in jail and a €100,000 fine after new law passed 16th June 2021: The Irish SME Association (ISME) is delighted to welcome the passage of the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Bill...
ISME elects New Chair and National Council
ISMEs newly elected Chair, Margaret O’Rourke Doherty meets with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar after her appointment on May 25th. Margaret O’Rourke Doherty elected Chair for 2021-2023 term Second female chair since the Association was founded in 1993 Dublin, 25th...
ISME issues Pre-Budget Submission 2022
ISME calls on Government to maintain financial support for SMEs Tax reform outlined as a key priority for 2022 17th May 2021: The Irish SME Association (ISME) has issued its Pre-Budget 2022 Submission to Government. While Ireland looks toward the...
ISME letter to Health Minister Regarding Antigen Testing
Dublin, 10th May 2021: ISME has written to the Minister for Health to express its serious concern at utterances by the Chief Medical Officer and the Chair of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Prof Philip Nolan about the use...
ISME calls for policy changes to eliminate the ‘Jobs Kill Zone’ for low income workers
Dublin, 20th April 2021: The Irish SME Association (ISME) has launched a report to examine how state policies are affecting the decision-making of low skills workers with regard to work. ISME’s ‘Job Kill Zone’ report examines how the interaction of...
Government must hold firm on attempts to jump the vaccine queue
ISME notes with great concern the coordinated threats from a number of unions to “explore any and all options, up to and including industrial action” as a result of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) policy advice to prioritise vaccine...
ISME Assessment of the Judicial Council Personal Injury Guidelines
The Judicial Council published its personal injuries guidance on 6th March. These guidelines provide clarity and explicit guidance where previously absent. However, they remain guidelines only. Their status is not mandatory, and the Court retains discretion to depart from them,...
ISME deeply disappointed with reduction in minor injuries awards
Dublin, 6th March 2021: The Judicial Council has today published guidelines on general damages for members of the judiciary. It has taken almost three years since the Personal Injuries Commission published its findings in July 2018 showing that Irish awards...
ISME Launches Alternative Insurance Undertakings
On the 18th and 19th of February, ISME, the Irish SME Association and Ireland’s only independent representative association for Small and Medium Enterprises, issued an invitation to its members and other SMEs to indicate their interest in joining one of...
