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

From the outset the Government has been committed to first supporting workers and people on the ground. No Government wants people to perish or die in the ditches. For God's sake, let us have some common sense and some sense of perspective. The bottom line is that the Government is considering measures right now, over and above what we have already undertaken in the budget, which provided more than €1 billion in tax and social welfare packages. We are now looking at further measures to cushion the blow-----

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