Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The very obvious one at the beginning would have been the online trading scheme. We heard from people who were making applications up to last week. Yesterday's announcement is very welcome. Would that not have been the most obvious requirement given that retailers could not open their doors? People have been shopping online which was an opportunity. It may well be an opportunity in the long term as well. Why was that not identified early on? There has now been a lag in that. I think Dr. Quinn's colleague said there was no proposal to revisit that just yet or to future-proof it, using my own terminology.

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