Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the context of the situation thereafter and recovery, I agree entirely with the gradual phasing out of supports and the necessity to phase them out in a way that ensures a valley does not occur again and no further damage is done. In that context, will particular attention be given to those sectors of the economy that were particularly hard done by during the lockdown? In local towns and villages throughout the country, services like clothes shops and boutiques, which served the local community and were iconic for the local economy, could not operate and had to close down whereas their competitors in larger cities were able to continue. During the recovery, will particular attention be given to those who suffered the most in that regard?