David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not take all that time. I join Senator Gavan in welcoming this legislation. It is good we are discussing it and facilitating its scrutiny today. I have one question with respect to an issue around the date of 13 March 2020. I have been contacted by a number of people who were working in seasonal employment and prior to that time, they would not have been working. They would have expected to be back in employment after that date as the tourism season kicks off from St. Patrick’s Day onwards but because businesses were shut down they were not able to go back into employment. Therefore, they missed out on the PUP and other supports because they were signing on prior to 13 March. Is there anything in this legislation that would help those people or have the witnesses come across those particular instances in their work?