The Pandemic Unemployment Payment is acting a disincentive to all construction workers returning to work.
That’s according to the Irish Plant Contractors Association.
Currently there are just over 20 thousand constriction workers on PUP.
Earlier Brian Coogan, CEO of the Irish Plant Contractors Association, spoke to presenter Shane Coleman on Newstalk Breakfast.
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