Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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If we are successful with our current efforts with the disease - we know how difficult this is - I hope that as we move into 2021 we can refocus our efforts on how to ensure employers who are able to make their offices safe are able to facilitate some people working in them some of the time. Today is 1 October, and I am very conscious that this would normally be the time of year when many people would be starting their first job having gone through college. Working in an environment with other people, learning from them and socialising with them is such a critical element of well-being and how we develop productivity for our economy. Clearly, now is not the time for that given where we are with this disease. As our efforts redouble during the rest of this year, I hope this is an issue we can make further progress on next year.