Minister for finance Paschal Donohoe (top right) and Minister for Employment Affairs & Social Protection, Regina Doherty, brief the media at Government Buildings this afternoon.
Minister Regina Doherty says “we’re not cutting anybody’s wages” as the Govt announces changes to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment that come into effect at the end of this month | Read more: https://t.co/RMlS53L2uU pic.twitter.com/3LiRcz7tB0
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 5, 2020
The €350 Pandemic Unemployment Payment will become two-tiered from June 29, with people who were earning less than €200 per week before the outbreak of Covid-19 set to drop to €203 per week.
Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty today announced that the payment will continue until Phase 5 of the road map for reopening the economy on August 10, but it will be split from the beginning of Phase 3 in just over three weeks.
Pandemic unemployment payment to be cut for part-time workers from June 29 (irish Examiner)
hmmm. stupid question possibly but how they actually gonna work out the fine details here regarding:
a) that you are technically part-time (my understanding is that particular status can be fuzzy)
b) that you earn <€200 pw? (my understanding is that can also be fairly fuzzy, I know some who do 40hrs some weeks but 15hrs other weeks depending on all sorts of things)
is this to be a self-declaration of some sort…or based on something as blunt as your last P60?
P60 abolished, so likely based on
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment_rights_and_conditions/pay_and_employment/no_p45_no_p60.html
Revenue know how much income you have been paying tax on.
I imagine that will take a weighted average of the last 3/6/9/12 months.
It might be more complex if you were self employed.
acting Minister etc etc
As soon as she is out of a job I can sleep properly. Waste of space.
I imagine she’ll be straight into the Seanad as a Taoiseach nominee, unfortunately
I do too
although Pheonix have her as a front runner for the Blueshurts GS gig
She’d do less damage in the Seanad tbh
So I reckon that’s where she’ll be parked
Why would Mary Lou nominate her for the Seanad?
I see what you did there C.I, an
making a little joke
ah bless
fair enough…the working poor had a good run. they’ll have a few bob saved by now and can be put back to work for minimum wage.
some dose will be along to tell you they drank it all in a minute
they drank it all in a minute!
Like one of those yard-of-ale challenges.