Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

10:30 am

Photo of Sharon KeoganSharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is still in the newspapers. It is still being mooted. Journalists are still reporting it. Why are the Minister and the Taoiseach not coming out to discuss the matter? It is being reported that more restrictive measures may be imposed on the hospitality sector, namely, that closing times will be brought back such that they may open until 10 p.m. instead of midnight. We need to give the people who are in business who have made so many sacrifices over the past two years in the name of public health hope over the next couple of weeks. This is prime time for local business and the last thing we need is the media putting sound bites out there that more restrictions are coming. That is not what we need. We need leadership in this regard.

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