Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

How would a short-term working scheme work? Would the employer continue to employ people for part-time hours? Would training schemes make up the balance? Will the witnesses talk through how a scheme like that might work in the airline sector?

If the rebate for employers on redundancy were to be a temporary scheme for a short period, how would it work? I assume it would be substantially expensive to do that forever. Would it work as a temporary scheme?

Should we consider a revival of the back to work allowance, which allowed people to go back to work but retain some supports such as the pandemic unemployment payment? Mr. Neil McDonnell put forward some more permanent tax changes. In the context of the small company administrative rescue process, SCARP, Mr. McDonnell talked about the availability of equity. Will there be many zombie companies coming out of that process that cannot rebuild because of difficulties due to the lack of equity undermining their access to finance? Has there been any thinking about those areas?

Dr. Laura Bambrick referred to the transition period and issues in accessing childcare. Are there practical suggestions that might bridge the difficulties for certain people who are trying to return to work but have childcare problems in that transition period?

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