Seanad debates

Thursday, 30 July 2020

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand what is being said. As I indicated, we are not proceeding on a sector-by-sector basis. The July stimulus includes a suite of measures covering approximately 50 items, eight or ten of which are included here. We will discuss legislation covering other matters tomorrow, and we already discussed a number of matters earlier in the week. Some of the Government measures take the form of grant schemes that do not require legislation. We are taking an economy-wide approach and asking people to take advantage of other measures in their sectors. They are not confined to this particular measure. It is only one of a suite of available options. I am not in a position to accept the proposed recommendation.

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