Unions want reverse of PUP cuts
by Mehak Dugal
 
ICTU says recent localised restrictions have disproportionately affected the low-paid, young people and migrants, who are again heavily reliant on the PUP.
ICTU says recent localised restrictions have disproportionately affected the low-paid, young people and migrants, who are again heavily reliant on the PUP.

Irish unions are calling for the reversal of reductions in the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP).

 

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has also sought an urgent review of the adequacy of supports for businesses closed down on foot of the pandemic, in order to protect incomes and secure jobs.

 

Hundreds of Fórsa members in the aviation sector and elsewhere are depending on PUP payments right now. And ICTU says recent localised restrictions have disproportionately affected the low-paid, young people and migrants, who are again heavily reliant on the PUP.

 

ICTU general secretary Patricia King wrote to the Taoiseach last week looking for an urgent review of the supports available for businesses that have closed their doors for a second time in light of the additional restrictions that have been imposed in Dublin and Donegal.

 

The number of people on the support had been declining, but the new restrictions are affecting people across many sectors and more people will be requiring financial support again.

 

In a recent interview, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government was reviewing the PUP system with a view to targeting the sectors worst hit by the pandemic.

 

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