Ireland to temporarily reopen COVID-19 unemployment payment scheme

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Published: Dec 3, 2021, 19:23 UTC

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to temporarily restart its COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment scheme for people who lose their jobs as a result of new restrictions on the entertainment sector, deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday.

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland is to temporarily restart its COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment scheme for people who lose their jobs as a result of new restrictions on the entertainment sector, deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday.

“I don’t think this will be a large number of people, maybe in the thousands,” who will be eligible, Varadkar told a news conference.

(Reporting by Conor Humphries)

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