Plans to link a person’s social welfare payments to their previous incomes will be in place by the end of the year, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has said.
The Fine Gael Minister said that introducing the programme will "soften the cliff edge drop" in a person’s income when they lose their job and must move onto social welfare.
The Pay-Related Benefit for Jobseekers will be paid to employees under 66 who were fully employed and had demonstrated a "strong, recent attachment to the workforce". A person must also be seeking employment in order to benefit.
