Low-cost loans, an extension of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and enhanced restart grants are among the measures expected to be included in the Government's July stimulus package due to agreed by the Cabinet later today.
A major retraining and upskilling programme aimed at helping those who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19 is also likely to be contained in the plan, which in total is expected to be worth more than €5 billion.
Promised in the Government's programme for government agreed last month, the aim of the July stimulus is to save jobs, create new ones and get people back to work.
The plan was considered by the Cabinet economic sub-committee earlier this week and the full Cabinet will meet this afternoon to agree the final