Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020

What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Enables Ireland to participate in SURE (EU temporary unemployment support scheme) and enter into guarantee of up to €483.4 million, with payments from Central Fund and repayments returned to Exchequer.
• Allows Ireland to join EIB Pan-European Guarantee Fund with contribution capped at €167.5 million based on Irish EIB shareholding; amendments require Dáil approval.
• Amends Strategic Banking Corporation Act 2014 to clarify insurance regulations don't apply to SBCI guarantees; enables enforcement of Council of Europe arbitral awards in Irish courts.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   8 Jul 2020
2. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   14 Jul 2020
3. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   15 Jul 2020
4. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   15 Jul 2020
5. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   15 Jul 2020
6. Second Stage26th Seanad

   16 Jul 2020
7. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   16 Jul 2020
8. Report Stage26th Seanad

   16 Jul 2020
9. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   16 Jul 2020
10. Enacted

    17 Jul 2020

Debates

• Second Stage16 Jul 2020↗
• Second Stage (Resumed)15 Jul 2020↗
• Order for Second Stage14 Jul 2020↗

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