Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector
Mr. Padraig Cribben:
Absolutely. This is not something that can wait or be long-fingered. Businesses are open. Collectively, in the three organisations represented here today, many will have opened yesterday. In our sector we have another three weeks to go before the final part of the jigsaw can be put back in place but there is no point in introducing something in a budget in October. Everything needs to be in the July stimulus in order that people can see what they are facing, which will allow them to plan properly and return to some level where they can minimise the losses because we are certainly not looking at returning to profitability. We are looking to open the door to give the service and get people back working.
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