Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My question concerns the front-line workers who booked and paid for holidays last year that were to be taken this summer. The flights are going out but, according to the Government direction, people are not supposed to travel. Most are being responsible and not travelling. If they travel, they are told they will have to stay off work for two weeks when they come back. If they do not travel, they will lose the funds they saved up for a whole year to pay for their holiday. The front-line workers who kept us safe through all of this are being penalised if they do and penalised if they do not.

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