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TOM HONAN

Government considering phasing out pandemic supports in the final quarter of the year

Leo Varadkar said there would be no dramatic changes. An announcement will be made on Tuesday.

TÁNAISTE LEO VARADKAR has said the Government will next week outline how it plans to phase out pandemic welfare supports in the final quarter of the year. 

At the Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting, Varadkar said there would be no dramatic changes, stating that payments will have to be phased out.

He said Q3 would be about reopening and allowing people time to reopen and recover.

While sources state he didn’t specify a specific month, it is understood it will be done in the final quarter of 2021.

Earlier today, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said she would bring proposals to the Cabinet subcommittee on Covid-19, which is meeting tomorrow evening. 

However, the Tánaiste confirmed this evening that the financial supports will be announced after Cabinet on Tuesday, despite Cabinet also meeting this coming Friday.

Varadkar said there would be “no cliff edge” to the financial supports people are receiving.

Sources indicated this evening that a number of proposals are being worked on ahead of tomorrow evening’s meeting between party leaders, with “nothing decided yet”.

The Taoiseach will on Friday announce the easing of restrictions in the hospitality, entertainment and the aviation sector. 

The government’s National Economic Plan for the next phase of the pandemic will be launched after Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, where more details on the future of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be revealed.

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    May 26th 2021, 8:33 PM

    Open up Aviation on July 1st. No more excuses. Thousand of jobs are on the line the length and breadth of the country.

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    May 26th 2021, 8:36 PM

    @a: the pandemic is one hell of an excuse. Bring in any more variants and itll be more than just aviation out of work.

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    May 26th 2021, 8:41 PM

    @Paul Cunningham: 80% of adults will have received at least one dose by end of June. We’ll be fine. Lock your windows and doors if you so wish. The rest of us want to go out and play.

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    May 26th 2021, 8:57 PM

    @Paul Cunningham: And those variants are going to exist out of Ireland until the end of time. So never reopen?

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    May 26th 2021, 9:02 PM

    @a: 100% of adults will have their first dose by 10th July

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    May 26th 2021, 11:06 PM

    @Paul Cunningham: Go back to your nest

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    May 26th 2021, 11:26 PM

    @Paul Cunningham: the flu varies every winter also and we don’t lock down for the flu season.

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    May 27th 2021, 1:04 AM

    @Pablo Rojas Coppari: 100% of willing adults.

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    May 27th 2021, 8:36 AM

    @a: cant have a minster for transport who wants to stop all transport.

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    May 26th 2021, 8:35 PM

    There you go Leaky Leo getting one over on An Taoisceach.. when today at Leaders questions the Taoisceach was unable to answer anything around support payments..Leo wanting the limelight.

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    May 26th 2021, 8:56 PM

    @Paul Somers: leaking Leo is one person you would love to hit with a dish cloth.

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    May 26th 2021, 9:23 PM

    @Ciaran O Moore: or a Mackrell

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    May 26th 2021, 9:29 PM

    @Paul Somers: the Taoiseach was too busy calling out the shinners regarding another housing project that they objected to

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    May 26th 2021, 11:07 PM

    @Ciaran O Moore: No definitely something a lot harder then a dish cloth!

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    May 26th 2021, 11:38 PM

    @Patrick O Connell: Why doesn’t Martin fix the problem instead of putting down the people telling him there is a problem?

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    May 27th 2021, 8:35 AM

    @Patrick O Connell: SF ” we have a housing crisis”
    Government ” were going to build houses”
    SF “we object”

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    May 26th 2021, 9:20 PM

    FFG leading with the cuts. Sorry leaks!

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    May 27th 2021, 6:58 AM

    They are extending enforcement law’s to November, possibly Feb 22, pandemic supports should be extended in line with this. Furthermore what exactly is Leo doing, do we not have a minister for social protection who’s remit this is, some people livelihoods will not recover this year.

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    May 27th 2021, 8:09 AM

    We have a minster of transport who hates transport.

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    May 26th 2021, 11:04 PM

    PUP RIP

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    May 27th 2021, 9:43 AM

    @John O: Ireland Inc. R.I.P

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