The Cabinet will meet today to discuss the possibility of lending more support to businesses during the coronavirus outbreak.
Speaking on the Late Late Show last night, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar indicated that unemployment and wage supports put in place as a result of Covid-19 restrictions will be extended.
Mr Varadkar said Ireland as a nation had successfully flattened the curve and had saved thousands of lives, however the virus was not suppressed enough to ease restrictions as much as he would have liked.
He suggested that the unemployment and wage supports in place are likely to be extended, saying neither the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme nor the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment can last forever, but it would not be right to unwind