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The Irish Government introduced a Job Stimulus Plan (July Stimulus Package) in July 2020. The key aim of the Stimulus is to help get Ireland’s business back on their feet and get as many people as possible back to work quickly. It is the next stage in Ireland’s response to theCovid-19 crisis, building on the extensive business and employment supports already deployed. In total the stimulus package is worth approximately €7.4 billion, including tax, expenditure and credit supports.
The Stimulus will:
• Help business to protect jobs and create new jobs
• Support people without jobs, especially young people
• Build confidence and solidarity in consumers and communities
• Start preparing for a greener, more sustainable economy in the future
In addition further steps will be taken in the upcoming ‘Budget 2021’ in October, including the publication of a National Economic Plan, which will set out our long-term jobs recovery path. Taking into account other challenges, such as Brexit which will bring monumental change, in particular for businesses trading with or through the UK from Ireland and the move to remote working, online trading and digital services, which have accelerated during the pandemic. This will be a permanent feature of the economy which we must prepare for now. Most of important of all, businesses and workers will also need to continue to transition successfully to the green economy of the future, which will have profound implications for all sectors of our society and economy.

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