Government urged to restore full pandemic unemployment payment

The government should restore the full rate of Pandemic Unemployment Payment, warned People Before Profit TD Brid Smith. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The full Covid unemployment payment must be restored now the country has moved to Level 3 lockdown restrictions, People Before Profit have said.

TD Bríd Smith said the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) rate of €350 is "not a king's ransom" and she will be tabling a Private Members Bill in the Dáil on the issue this morning.