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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: The committee heard earlier from the INMO and Crann Support Group. We had written submissions from other groups, including Seas Suas. During most of the commentary on the provision of healthcare for front-line workers, there has been criticism of the consultation process and how people were excluded to a degree, or at least not involved. What have the officials to say regarding this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Does Dr. Lynch accept what the INMO said this morning in its opening statement that the Department's response to this has been poor and that it has let down the nursing and midwifery profession? The committee was told that the information provided in response to requests under freedom of information was less than adequate. Why was that the case?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Has the Department examined the survey carried out by Crann Support Group? This afternoon, Ms Marie Daly, its CEO, provided the committee with details of the survey which highlights several areas which the sector requires to be addressed. Has the Department examined that survey? What is its response to it?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: I raise this issue because what Dr. Lynch indicated in his opening statement almost contradicts the statements given to the committee earlier this afternoon by the representative organisations in the context of the co-operation between the groups and the Department. For example, the Crann survey states that 98% of respondents indicated they will have some level of financial difficulty in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Seas Suas and other organisations at the coalface of the delivery of this service are saying that the funding is insufficient. It is misleading to compare the allocation this year to that in previous years because the funding in place previously was insufficient and providers must now deal with the substantially greater issues raised by Covid-19 and the regulations. The representative...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: The sector is under serious financial pressure. What has been offered by the Department in the face of Covid-19, and planning for a second wave of the virus, is not sufficient and does not show real forward planning or thinking on the side of the Department, or a real understanding of the sector and the cost base that it must carry. As an aside, we have been told that there is only one...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Will it be a disappointing development?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Or maybe the Acting Chairman, one would not know.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed). (23 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: God is good.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Is it possible that the questions which went unanswered on which we were to be sent written reply would be flagged, given the quantity of correspondence being received, if the clerk does not mind?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Thanks. There was a written request from Seas Suas to come before the committee regarding childcare. I do not know whether the Chairman agreed to that but I would like to see that group come in.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: I ask that my interest be noted.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Thank you.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Mr. Barnes maintains the macroeconomic outlook is one that is quite different from that when we were in the financial crash. Will he accept, however, that the microeconomic difficulties are there to a far greater extent because of the debt burden being carried by the SME sector arising from that crash? Accordingly, its ability to recover after Covid-19 is will be far more difficult and will...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: I am surprised that Mr. Barnes has not factored in the SME performance relative to the debt that it is carrying from the past into the modelling for the recovery nationally and the creation of jobs, to which all of this is linked. I have the view that it will take the SME sector far longer to recover and the length and the type of recovery will depend completely on the level of supports it...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: May I suggest that it will also make a difference in regard to the value of the stimulus package, which is to cost between €10 billion and €22 billion? If the council had the analysis, it might feed more favourably into the political policy on the recovery and the business sector. Could Mr. Barnes give us a timeline, in years, for phases 1, 2 and 3?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Is the problem not related to the programme Mr Barnes mentioned? He said the phases relate to the programme. There is nothing really factual in the programme in terms of costs. Therefore, we do not know where that programme will end up or, indeed, how much of it will be implemented. That is a concern where taxes are concerned because there is a commitment to no increase in taxes. If...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: For the layman, how much is that in billions?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Who?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Roughly how much will we add to the debt in each of the years up to 2023 if we decide to borrow every year?