Proposed changes to increase jobseekers benefit will likely take a number of years to come into force.
The Government is working on plans to link jobseekers to someone's salary before they lost their job, rather than a flat rate.
It's included in a new plan that aims to get 75,000 long term unemployed people back into work by 2023.
The 'Pathways to Work Strategy' contains 83 commitments, and includes the aim of reducing youth unemployment from 44 to 12.5 percent over the period.
Among its measures is a €1,000 grant for people who've been out of work for more than a year, if they complete a short training course.
Jobseekers' Allowance is also set to be revamped under the plan, which's to cost an estimated €350 million.
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has suggested the welfare changes are still a number of years away:
