Taoiseach confirms plans to phase out PUP from September

Taoiseach confirms plans to phase out PUP from September

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed plans to phase out the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) beginning in September, but insisted it does not signal a return to austerity.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed plans to phase out the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) beginning in September, but insisted it does not signal a return to austerity.

At a press conference announcing the Government National Economic Recovery Plan, Mr Martin said the pandemic had a "swift and unprecedented" impact, the largest outside the world wars.

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