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Boyd-Barrett: Social welfare payments should be 'beyond €300'

Boyd-Barrett: Social welfare payments should be 'beyond €300'

The Hard Shoulder · Newstalk

November 9, 20229m 22s

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Changes being proposed to social welfare would mean people who earn more money would get higher welfare payments if they lose their jobs. The new system would see different welfare payments offered depending on the person’s previous income or PRSI contributions. Kieran was joined by Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD and Dr Aedín Doris, Economics lecturer in Maynooth to discuss