Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I did not interrupt the Deputy. This is a plenary session, and people felt they were excluded. They made representations to the various parties. All parties, in negotiating future orders for this Dáil, arrived at conclusions, agreements and so on. I was not at the meeting of the Business Committee; I do not attend its meetings. My understanding is that an agreement was reached at a meeting of the committee on the sittings for last week, this week and next week, and that is the way it should be.

The Government is obviously concerned about every sector that has been affected by Covid-19, not least the aviation sector.

It is in a challenging situation, as are the hospitality and some other key sectors on which Covid-19 has had a devastating impact. I have no difficulty in working with or taking certain ideas from Deputies on how we collectively try to help industries that are in challenging circumstances because of the devastating impact of Covid on normal economic activity.

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