Pandemic unemployment payment to be taxed

The Finance Minister has said the Pandemic Unemployment Payment must be taxed the same way as other income supports.

It's after a row at a Dáil committee over whether people on PUP should have to pay income tax on it. The government won a vote passing the measure into the Finance Bill. Minister Paschal Donohoe defended the move that will see people on the PUP landed with a tax bill