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The Tanaiste Leo Varadkar says that (PUP) payment is being reviewed




What will happen later today is still anyone’s guess but one thing is for sure, Ireland will be seeing some sort of increased draconian restrictions re-imposed across the Republic.

It’s also understood that the PUP payment is now under review.

Former Taoiseach appointee and current Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the emergency pandemic payment is ‘under review.’

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has become a lifeline for tens of thousands of people who lost their job due to Covid-19.

The payment, originally worth €350 a week, was reduced in recent weeks, and is due to be reduced again by January 2021.

Meanwhile, TD’s wages recently went up by 2%, to a total of 98,000, excluding expenses and other perks.

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