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Coronavirus payments are unsustainable in the long term, warns Doherty

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[ad_1] The current level of payments for people who have lost all or part of their income due to coronavirus restrictions are unsustainable in the long term, Regina Doherty said Tuesday. There are now 598,000 people receiving the special Covid-19 unemployment payment, an increase of about 7,000 in the past week. The department said this … Read more

Regina Doherty: We will continue to support the public

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[ad_1] The Social Protection Department will continue to support workers until they return to work, a government minister said. However, the Minister of Employment and Social Protection Affairs, Regina Doherty, also warned that the current payments would not be sustainable in the long term. Doherty expects all construction workers to exit the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment … Read more