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Reduced Dáil gathering to pass emergency legislation

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The Dáil will meet this afternoon to pass emergency legislation to combat the Covid-19 crisis. The Health Preservation and other Emergency Measures Bill is set to pass all stages in the Oireachtas this week.

This legislation has two major components. The first are the financial measures to pay people illness benefits if they are infected by the Coronavirus.

There is also a payment if people lose their job as a result of the spread of the virus. The new laws will allow government shut down mass gatherings and to potentially order groups of people in certain areas to stay in their homes.

There are regulations too that would allow for the detention of a person, on foot of a medical recommendation, if they refuse to self-isolate.

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