Yesterday afternoon, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment told the media that it was hoped the Government would be in a position to announce the financial supports for the entertainment sector on Wednesday. He went on to say that it may well be that we will need to use the vehicle of the Seanad to do that in the next couple of days and, if not, we may be able to do it in the new year. I know the Tánaiste believes these new restrictions are peculiar. To be honest, I find his lack of urgency more than a little peculiar. The lack of empathy for what people are suffering is astounding.

My offices in Donegal are inundated with calls related to the restoration of the PUP, the lack of clarity around revamp of the existing schemes and in regard to the Government's lack of understanding of life on the ground. It is unfair to leave this on the long finger over Christmas. The Government needs to restore payments to a proper level for these workers affected by the current restrictions. A proper level is not the level the Tánaiste's right-wing laissez-faire focus groups have arrived at. Will the Government commit to bringing any required legislation before this House prior to the Christmas break to give people peace of mind?

There is no lack of urgency and no lack of empathy in terms of the situation that certain sectors of our economy find themselves in because of the restrictions relating to Covid-19 and the impact of Covid-19 on their particular sectors. It makes a lot of sense, however, as we move from wave to wave and different phases of this pandemic, to adjust the mechanisms we have at our disposal to support people. One can do the overall broad economy but as I said yesterday, a range of sectors have come back very strong in the economy. There has been a very strong rebound and so we want to target our resources to those sectors that need them. By doing that, we give ourselves more sustainability into 2022. We do not know what twists and turns this pandemic is going to present to us so we need to have that capacity. The economic recovery and the way we have done things in the past year and a half demonstrate the wisdom of our approach.