OVER 50,000 laid off workers have applied for the Government's new emergency pandemic unemployment payment. Workers can apply for the €203 a week payment for six weeks by filing in a one page form. The new payment we introduced is just one measure and it means that we can get people into payment as quickly as possible. Mr Donohoe warned that any landlords availing of the break in loan repayments should not be evicting tenants. “We are putting in place really significant measures to our banking system to help those who have loans and mortgages at a time of great risk.

Source: Irish Independent March 18, 2020 21:50 UTC