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

I would like to ask the representatives of FLAC about conflicting rights. Some sectors, such as bars, the travel industry and the arts, will obviously take longer to return. Rights can come into conflict. Recipients of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment are required to be available for work. However if they terminate the employment to which they want to return, they lose rights such as consideration of time in regard to redundancy payments. Does the State have an obligation there, in light of the fact that this was meant to be a temporary payment and people were expected to return to work? Has the five-month delay allowed a rewriting of the history of the initial intention of this payment?