evidence: V. Measures to support SMEs3 include but not limited to: (a) The Restart Grant for Enterprises ( €550 million); (b) Waiver of commercial rates; (c) Credit Guarantee Scheme: 80% gov’t guarantee for a wide range of credit products from €10,000 to €1 million up to a maximum term of 6 years; (d) MicroFinance Ireland and the Local Enterprise Measures: a package of liquidity and enterprise investment measures worth €55 million to reduce lending rate for micro and small businesses; (e) The Future Growth Loan Scheme (€500 million) with the European Investment Bank Group, so businesses with up to 499 employees can invest for the longer-term at competitive rates. [...] The existing scheme for state guaranteed bank loans to SMEs has been expanded by EUR 500 million (1 percent of GDP) and a new EUR 500 million scheme for vulnerable companies has been established.