The government has been urged to restore the Pandemic Unemployment Payment to 350 euro a week in places that have been locked down.
The Department of Health is also set to use influencers to better communicate its message to young people.
A number of government backbenchers have called for the COVID pandemic payment to be re-installed to 350 euro a week for people who have lost their jobs because of COVID level three restrictions.
From tomorrow people on the payment will notice a change in their rates to a tiered system of either 300, 250 or 203 euro depending on what the person was earning before the pandemic.
Fianna Fáil TD and former Minister Barry Cowen has said it should be restored to 350 euro, something supported by the high profile Jim O'Callaghan & hinted at by Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien.
Sinn Féin has called for a 350 euro rate for everyone until the end of the year.
But it's understood the government is unlikely to change the new system.
It's been extended into next year and re-opened to new applicants with officials believing the tiered system based on previous earnings is a fair one.
How the pandemic payment is managed through 2021 will be reviewed as part of the budget negotiations.
Sinn Féin has also called for a renewal of the ban on evictions while the level three restrictions are in place in Dublin.
While the government has confirmed it plans to use social media influencers to better get its COVID message across to young people.
