The Government claims to be pro-business. It rushed through and guillotined the Finance Bill last night. Many measures, the Government said, are pro-business. I have an ESB bill here from a family business in Tipperary. It is a respected and well-run business, a public house. The bill is for €3,208 for the period from the middle of August to the end of September, when the weather was not too bad or cold. The charges are coming out. The bill includes a new charge of €451 for an I-SEM trading charge. It totals €451. That is almost 17% of the bill. How can businesses sustain this? It was unexpected and no one knows where it came from. Businesses already face the increase in the minimum wage. They have extra holiday pay and insurance costs to cover. There are more bank holiday and sick pay days. Small businesses are taking hit after hit. They cannot sustain this. The charge came totally out of the blue. What is this charge? Who decided on it? How can companies just decide to add this to a bill? There is 17% extra on this man's bill for a period of six weeks.

We announced an increase cost of doing business grant in 2024. It is available to small and medium sized businesses which operate from a ratable premises. I do not know if the pub which the Deputy instanced has availed of that funding to alleviate its energy bills.

It gives with one hand and takes with the other.

The scheme will make payments in 2024.

What is this charge?

Sorry?

What is this charge?

Which charge? I did not quite pick it up.

This is not an interaction, please. The Tánaiste to respond.

Answer my question.

I am saying, in terms of general energy costs we have introduced a grant scheme. Over €250 million has been made available to small to medium sized enterprises to help with their energy bills.

What is this new charge?

What new charge? I do not know specifically because the Deputy did not say. I did not pick up the name of the new charge the Deputy referenced.

You will have to clarify that later.