Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not see anything in the report about how the Government communicates the decisions it makes regarding the pandemic and how it affects business, particularly. We have seen during the summer where the Government takes a decision in the evening and implements it that night by 12 o'clock. The likes of that has serious consequences for hotels, restaurants, bars, the staff who work in those premises and for the whole area where one takes, for instance, a hotel or restaurant with foodstuff in store for particular functions that may be planned in advance of a decision taken by the Government to close everything down. All that food is wasted. It is vulnerable food. The Government must be cognisant and take into account how these businesses will be affected if a decision is taken today that will be implemented tonight. I do not see anything in the report with regard to that.