There is mixed reaction from Clare businesses to yesterday’s announcement on the National Economic Plan. The extension of existing supports has received a broad welcome, however, one hotelier believes a review should be carried out into the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme at the end of the summer. The plan, which aims to get 2.5 million […]
A Clare Government Senator insists further tax increases are not planned ‘for now’. It follows the unveiling of the National Economic Plan, which will include the first local property tax bills for people living in homes built since 2013. 100,000 homes nationwide will face the tax bill for the first time, though Taoiseach Micheál Martin […]
Pandemic Unemployment Payment To Be Removed By February 2022
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The Pandemic Unemployment Payment is to be entirely removed by February 2022.
The wage support will be phased out in three stages starting in September under plans going to Cabinet.
The government promised no cliff-edge end to these payments and instead it is more of a gentle slope.
Last night the government party leaders agreed to end the Pandemic Unemployment Payment by February next year after a series of reductions in the value of the payment.
Plans going to cabinet will see the rates of PUP cut in the middle of September, and again in mid-November before it s entirely phased out by February.
The Clare area president of St Vincent De Paul says a ‘two tier pandemic’ has emerged among areas of society in this county and elsewhere. It comes as the government prepares to sign off on the National Economic Plan for recovery post-COVID, with the Pandemic Unemployment Payment to be entirely removed by February 2022. The […]