Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will return to the issue of the €1,000 bonus. Obviously, it will require legislative change to ensure it is tax free and that a chunk of it is not taken out from either the employer's or the employee's contribution. Will that legislative change include organisations that wish to pay it, where they deem that their employees or even their volunteers put themselves at huge risk at the time? I am not asking if the State will pay this money but whether organisations that determine their employees come within this description will be able to pay that money without them or their employees having to give a large chunk of it to the Government.

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