The €350 unemployment payment will be reduced from June for those who were earning less than that amount before the coronavirus pandemic. 

Vincent Jennings, CEO of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association and Brid Smith, People Before Profit TD, join Newstalk Breakfast to discuss.

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