John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the last two sentences from the Tánaiste. I am speaking as a former Dublin spokesperson on the other side of the House. We have all championed the notion of remote working but it is having consequences. It has consequences for the city in terms of hospitality. Walking around the city, one sees a lot of offices are not occupied and that has an impact on hospitality, whether it be restaurants, cafes, sandwich bars or pubs. It is having enormous consequences. While I hear the Tánaiste's comments on the July stimulus and I welcome them, he seems to indicate that businesses will fail. I know he will agree with me that almost every hospitality business in this city and its suburbs is viable, in the absence of a pandemic, and needs assistance to survive. Is that being considered in the context of the July stimulus? I acknowledge it is not part of the question, but if the Tánaiste could humour me in answering it, I would appreciate it.

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