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Should the pandemic payment have been reduced?

Should the Pandemic Unemployment payment be increased back up to €350 a week. It follows the intr...

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15.01 22 Sep 2020


Should the pandemic payment have been reduced?


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15.01 22 Sep 2020


Should the Pandemic Unemployment payment be increased back up to €350 a week. It follows the introduction of three new rates earlier this month, which will see some people's payment reduced to as little as €203 a week. What do you think? should people, who’ve found themselves laid off for the second time this year, be entitled to the higher rate of the payment? Should the subsidy be extended to people who have since been forced out of work? Andrea hears from listeners

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