Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position
Mr. Sebastian Barnes:
The only encouragement I can give them is that the health situation has improved greatly. We are progressing through the different stages of the easing of the restrictions. The Government is in a position through the programme that has been set out to continue these emergency support measures, which should help firms to survive and help individuals. There also should be a sizeable stimulus package that will put money back into people’s pockets and provided people are more comfortable and confident about the health situation, which will naturally take time but will happen, hopefully, there are better days ahead.
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