Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Susanne Rogers:

I note that the Deputy used the word "decided" when he was talking about young people working or going on a PUP payment, which links to the whole area of disincentives to work. I presumed that nobody made a decision that "I am either going to get the PUP or I am going to continue to work" because I presumed the PUP payment was put in place to support people who were unable to work because of Covid-19 restrictions. That was my understanding.