Middle Ireland in line for triple top-up in economy recovery

Middle-income earners should benefit from a triple top-up in their pay package with a recovery surfacing in the economy, a senior minister has suggested.

Reductions in the universal service charge for middle-income earners were flagged last night, which it was claimed would boost consumer spending and inject cash into the economy.

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton said that the Government needed to look further at the USC to ensure “both low and middle-income workers share in the social dividend”. “Such a move would be socially just — enhancing the living standards of those on the lowest incomes.