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

There is no lack of urgency and no lack of empathy in terms of the situation that certain sectors of our economy find themselves in because of the restrictions relating to Covid-19 and the impact of Covid-19 on their particular sectors. It makes a lot of sense, however, as we move from wave to wave and different phases of this pandemic, to adjust the mechanisms we have at our disposal to support people. One can do the overall broad economy but as I said yesterday, a range of sectors have come back very strong in the economy. There has been a very strong rebound and so we want to target our resources to those sectors that need them. By doing that, we give ourselves more sustainability into 2022. We do not know what twists and turns this pandemic is going to present to us so we need to have that capacity. The economic recovery and the way we have done things in the past year and a half demonstrate the wisdom of our approach.

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