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Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Introduced
- 20 Jul 2020
- Last updated
- 17 Aug 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) as a formal statutory benefit with rates set by regulation, replacing emergency payments under Supplementary Welfare Allowance.
- Credits paid social insurance contributions to employees receiving PUP, Jobseeker payments, or Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme since 13 March 2020 to protect future benefit eligibility.
- Allows some past PUP spending paid as emergency welfare to be charged to the Social Insurance Fund; exempts TWSS participants from employment contributions except 0.5% employer PRSI on top-ups.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil20 Jul 2020
- Second Stage33rd Dáil28 Jul 2020
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil28 Jul 2020
- Report Stage33rd Dáil28 Jul 2020
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil28 Jul 2020
- Second Stage26th Seanad29 Jul 2020
- Committee Stage26th Seanad29 Jul 2020
- Report Stage26th Seanad29 Jul 2020
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad29 Jul 2020
- Enacted5 Aug 2020
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