Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-02
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I apologise for going over time here but on the question of sick pay, we will work constructively with the Deputy on this legislation which has many including, of course, financial implications. We have already moved ahead to create an infrastructure around Covid-19 illness payments, particularly in direct provision and meat plant contexts to make it very clear that every worker in such situations will get sick pay. I take Deputy Kelly’s point on the legislation that he is talking about, which is that it is to create a more permanent provision around sick pay and the right of workers to this.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-02