ISME Note to Tánaiste re Management of the Recovery Phase Jan 21

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As vaccine rollout has commenced, I wish to raise a number of considerations for your Department, as we hopefully enter a recovery phase for the economy and society post Covid-19. While we remain in a serious situation with current infection numbers, the end of the pandemic is within sight, and we need to be prepared when we eventually get there.

Points raised:

  1. The provision of rapid antigen testing both for inbound passengers to Ireland, and in work settings.
  2. The revised EWSS Guidelines published in December which are excessively burdensome, bureaucratic, impractical and unfair.
  3. The CRSS Guidelines published this week which we believe to be unfairly restrictive.
  4. The urgent need to prioritise legislation for an affordable examinership regime in Q1.

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