Pandemic Unemployment Payment Q&A - Should I stay or should I go now? 

Heather Humphreys may have done a U-turn on holiday entitlements for those receiving the pandemic unemployment payment, but this issue looks set to rumble on. Here, Neil Michael attempts to answer some of the pressing questions surrounding the PUP

Passengers at Terminal 1 of Dublin Airport this afternoon, after it was announced that traffic at the Airport has not increased since the Government published its 'greenlist' travel destinations. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

The Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020 — or pandemic unemployment payment — what is it?

Previously, the Department of Social Protection relied on Section 202 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act for the legal basis for this emergency payment.