This week, the Department of Social Protection has issued weekly payments valued at over €107 million to 363,167 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).
This represents a decrease of 13,498 people compared to last week.The figures published today are in addition to the 177,969 people who were on the Live Register at the end of April.
All Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payments issued will be in recipients’ bank accounts or at their Post Office today, Tuesday, 18th May.Dublin is the county with the highest number of people who are receiving PUP this week at 118,925. It is followed by Cork (35,754) and Galway (19,862).The sector with the highest number of people receiving PUP this week is Accommodation and Food Service activities (96,404), followed by Wholesale and Retail Trade (59,545) and Administrative and Support Service Activities (31,860).
The Department continues to remind workers who are returning to work that they must close their claim for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment on the actual date that they start back at work, in order to ensure that their claim is processed correctly and to avoid incurring an overpayment that the Department will take steps to recover.Public reminded about Scam Phone Calls and Scam Texts from callers claiming to be from the Department of Social Protection