Budget 2020
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-15
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Mary Butler (FF), Waterford

I was very clear on that. This was always dependent on a surplus. We are in unprecedented times. There is a pandemic. The Minister for Health has gone home because he is sick and he has to have a Covid test. We need to be very careful where we are. Some 357 people died today and our focus has to be on Covid. I want to see the threshold extended and I will be pushing hard for that during the Estimates and the budget. I have given that commitment on the floor of the Dáil. I have spoken to the Minister and he wants to see the same thing happen.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-15