Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said the Government will next week outline plans to phase out pandemic welfare supports from October onwards. Sources said Mr Varadkar said the current situation in relation to Covid-19 is where the Government expected it to be at this stage. He said that the Government will next Tuesday reveal its plan for the extension of pandemic supports such as the wage subsidy scheme and the pandemic unemployment payment. It will involve an extension of the various welfare schemes and business supports as Mr Varadkar said there will not be a “cliff edge” cutting of those supports. He said, however, that while there will no “dramatic changes” in the third quarter, the Government would have to outline plans to phase out pandemic supports from the fourth quarter onwards.

Source: The Irish Times May 26, 2021 18:03 UTC