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Covid-19 supports could cost State €4.5bn over 3 months

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It is estimated that the total cost of State income and wage supports in place to help those out of work or in danger of losing their jobs during the Covid-19 crisis could reach up to €4.5 billion over three months.

According to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the package of measures for sick pay, illness benefit and supplementary benefit including the initial Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment of €203 that was introduced on 9 March was expected to cost up to €2.4 billion.

Two weeks later, on 24 March, the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was also introduced and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment was increased to €350 per week, alongside the Covid-19 Illness Payment which also rose to €350 per week.

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