Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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It requires the Government to be able to enact that legislation. That is important and I completely understand that.

I do not have any further questions. I am concerned for a group of young people in their 20s and 30s employed in private enterprise at the entry level. These citizens really need a voice and need to be represented in this conversation. They may have been the last in and will be the first out as a result. There needs to be a very strong articulation for them. We must not just articulate on behalf of business owners, we must also do so on behalf of the employees of private enterprise. I will try to assist with that. I thank the witnesses for their time.