Cuts to pandemic payments to begin as early as August Cabinet to meet on Tuesday to agree stimulus package and phasing out financial supports
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The weekly €350 PUP will likely be cut in three or four steps until it is at the same rate as basic social welfare payments. File photograph:Gareth Chaney/Collins
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The Government will seek to cut weekly Covid-19 welfare supports in four stages from as early as August as part of a plan to revive the economy as the impact of the pandemic dwindles.
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The weekly €350 PUP will likely be cut in three or four steps until it is at the same rate as basic social welfare payments. It is also likely to be closed off to new entrants from as early as September.