Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil believe the need for emergency laws and a crisis budget to respond to Covid-19 must be assured by a coalition deal and a new government. The need for an emergency budget in just a few weeks was raised during Fine Gael’s teleconference last week by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe. Both factors are now feeding into the talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, on top of responding to the virus pandemic. There are provisional plans for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil negotiators to meet on Wednesday for more talks. Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell told the Irish Examiner that monetary allocations, collections, and incomes were running dry.

Source: Irish Examiner March 23, 2020 02:48 UTC