Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-16
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

First of all, there will undoubtedly be ongoing consideration of the scheme. There needs to be an evaluation of the scheme, how it worked and its effectiveness. I have no doubt that it has been very effective in terms of supporting many businesses. As I stated, more than 66,500 firms received a payment under the TWSS, supporting more than 664,000 jobs. If the Deputy can submit the details of the cases to me and the Minister for Finance, that would assist in any evaluation, There genuinely is no motivation here to target or undermine people who applied in good faith under the scheme, given the situation in which they found themselves at the start of what has been an unpredictable global pandemic that no one could have anticipated. I do take the Deputy's point.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-16