Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2021-06-01
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

As I said earlier, hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation and guest houses will open again tomorrow. This will create jobs and get people back to work. Next week, restaurants, pubs and other facilities will open. All of that will help. Last February, approximately 481,000 people were on the pandemic unemployment payment. This figure has already decreased to 334,000 and it will continue to decrease over the summer months. We have extended the pandemic unemployment payment until September.

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Sitting date: 2021-06-01