Cabinet Ministers are meeting around now to discuss plans for the July stimulus package.
The multi-billion euro support fund is due to be announced this month and will address the future of the pandemic support payments.
There's been a large drop in the number of people claiming the pandemic unemployment payment - down 67,300 people on last week.
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Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is also bringing a memo to cabinet to close a hole in the legislation that meant people on support payments were not building social insurance contributions:
