The legal rights organisation FLAC has said the Government's rules on Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) claimants and travelling abroad are not legal.
Chief Executive of the organisation, Eilis Barry said she has written to Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys to outline that there is no clear legal basis to sanction those claiming the payment, for holidaying abroad.
In a statement, Ms Barry said FLAC had been contacted by a number of individuals and NGOs in relation to the issue. She said their legal team, led by FLAC's Managing Solicitor, Sinead Lucey, had examined the relevant legislative provisions including a departmental circular allowing the suspension of certain social welfare payments in circumstances where a