Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 24 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (Resumed)

Ms Deirdre Hanlon:

Certainly, and that is a point we have raised with our colleagues in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation where we have looked to make sure that where schemes are introduced, eligibility would also comprehend sectors such as ours. A significant initiative that was brought in that many operators in the sector have been eligible for and able to avail of is the pandemic unemployment payment for the period they are not operating and then, as they come back into the system, they can-----

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