Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-22
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Paschal Donohoe (FG), Dublin Central

-----the use of certificates that allowed the hospitality sector to reopen. If the Deputy wants to have a debate about my legacy, I ask him to look at what is happening now with the number of employers that are opening up again. I ask him to consider how quickly the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, fell and the way in which the viability of employers was affected during a moment of the greatest challenge for our country. Indeed, I published a debt report today, which also states that our level of higher debt has now stabilised. There is a possibility that next year-----

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Sitting date: 2022-02-22