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Yet today, it announced there will be a cliff edge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter what level of public health restrictions are in place in September, payments will be reduced by \u20ac50. Cumulatively, \u20ac150 will be cut from the payment by February \u2013 a reduction of 40pc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the very definition of a cliff edge. The government has chosen an arbitrary date and determined to cut people\u2019s payments no matter what the public health advice is at that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has done this even though there is no evidence this payment is being abused &#8211; no evidence people are preferring to claim PUP than return to work. Last year, when the economy was partially reopened, 400,000 people closed their PUP claim and returned to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the economy reopens, the numbers in receipt of this payment will naturally fall significantly. But it will not be possible for every sector to fully reopen by September. In fact, the government itself doesn\u2019t expect the economy to fully reboot until 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said he expects the unemployment rate next year to be between 8pc and 10pc. This is an admission by the Minister that some of those currently on the PUP will not be able to return to work before these cuts are implemented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese payments are a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people whose jobs were a casualty of the pandemic. The government has now decided to cut that lifeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis announcement is going to cause serious stress and anxiety among a huge cohort of people \u2013 many of whom are barely keeping their heads above water as it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1 June, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These payments are a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people whose jobs were a casualty of the pandemic The government has reneged on a promise there would be no cliff edge when it came to the withdrawal of the PUP, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cThe government repeatedly promised there would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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