Pandemic Unemployment Payment may not be cut further in January

The government has been criticised for not restoring the payment to the original 350 euro a week rate in the budget

The Tánaiste has suggested the Pandemic Unemployment Payment may not be cut further in January.

The government has been criticised for not restoring the payment to the original 350 euro a week rate in the budget.

However, a further cut in the payment is scheduled for the start of next year.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has hinted that might not now go ahead: