Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2020-03-26
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

I support the amendment. All of us have stories about contacts made by families of loved ones who are living abroad and have given notice in order to come home. They have booked tickets and have missed flights or have had flights cancelled and everything else. They want to come home to play a constructive part in this warlike situation. While all of us want to have proper standards, we cannot have a bureaucratic system which requires proof of degrees from universities which have closed. We have to have goodwill and trust and respect people. They will be supervised in their positions. It is vital that we do not look a gift horse in the mouth. Let those who want to come and help do so. We have always encouraged people to come back. Now that they want to come, we should make it as easy and as seamless as possible for them to work here on the front line.

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Sitting date: 2020-03-26