Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The July stimulus will be announced next Monday, which will be a key component in the initiation of this committee. As regards the make-up of the committee, the Taoiseach might give further detail as to who will be involved. He keeps talking about specialists. Will he bring in specialists to sit on this committee? When I sat on Cabinet committees, specialists were brought in. The Taoiseach seems to have a new thematic analysis of everything so I presume he will bring in people all the time. Will he supply us with the details in this regard?

The July stimulus will be the key deliverable from this committee from day one. What quantum will be spent on that? I do not expect the Taoiseach to go into the detail of the stimulus now but it would be rather unfortunate and it would not look good if he did not know the quantum he will spend on it. Covid-19 has been a disruptor across a range of areas but that can deliver some positive change despite everything. What is the Taoiseach’s feeling on new economic modelling that we can be generated from this? How will hope be given to young people, in particular, and how will economic inequality be reduced? How will it be ensured that as part of this process, through that restructuring and that disruptor effect, those who get a stimulus from this will respect the industrial architecture of the State and the various processes and the decisions we have made in regard to protecting people’s incomes, in particular those in low-paid jobs or in the gig economy?

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