The drop of over 35,000 in claimants for the €350 Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shows people are going back to work.
It would be premature and wrong for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to force through cuts to this vital income support now. The €350 payment is still less than what someone would earn working 40 hours a week full time on the minimum wage of €10.10 an hour. Too many of those making decisions in Ireland and calling for cuts don’t seem to have any sense of what it is like to live on low pay.Simply pop your e-mail into the box at the top of this article and get all the latest news and entertainment direct to you
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geraldnash Bring it in line with the dole