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

Throughout the pandemic the Government has provided unprecedented and extraordinary supports across the board, both with income supports for those who have lost work and passed measures to provide additional parental leave. There was also support for employers and the jobs they support through the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and a range of other supports. Without question, the level of engagement by Government with different sectors of society has been unprecedented and has been very broadly based. I have not seen the Deputy's proposed legislation but the Government will examine that and will develop a response to it when it sees it.

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