Sunday workers could lose dole

Partly unemployed people who work on Sundays could lose dole payments under a measure to be inserted into budget legislation.

Joan Burton, the social protection minister, told the Dáil last night she planned to make an amendment to the Social Welfare Bill, which is to be voted into law tomorrow.

The bill gives effect to measures announced in the budget, including a €10 cut to child benefit, changes to PRSI and a 20% cut to the respite care grant.