Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-29
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Róisín Shortall (SD), Dublin North-West

I wish to reply to the Minister. My understanding is that the Payroll Software Developers Association, PSDA, identified implementation difficulties. I cannot itemise them, but I understand it did. Does the Minister accept it is not a good idea to have an indication or a mark on a payslip showing that the employee was in receipt of a subsidy because there are negative implications of that in terms of borrowing?
Regarding the floor of €151.50, many people are quite happy and are only in a position to work ten or 12 hours. What is the Minister's thinking on that? Why did he pitch it at that level? Does he accept that employees may come under pressure to increase the number of hours they have to work, which may not suit them? At the same time, other employees may have hours cut. I do not fully understand the rationale for setting that floor.

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Sitting date: 2020-07-29