# pup - Wednesday 13 July, 2022
# Fraud
# Fraud
Approximately €49,500 was stolen in the PUP fraud and an estimated additional €120,000 was stolen in an online fraud.
# pup - Friday 14 January, 2022
# PUP
# PUP
The number of PUP recipients recorded last month has fallen by 82% compared to the 308,357 recipients in December 2020.
# pup - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# PUP
# PUP
The unemployment rate in December 2021, adjusted due to the PUP , stood at 7.5%.
# pup - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Economic Recovery
# Economic Recovery
Bars, restaurants and nightclubs had only recently seen restrictions start to relax.
# pup - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
Cuts to the PUP took effect yesterday as the government announced new Covid-19 restrictions.
# pup - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
From today, the €250 PUP rate will reduce to €203 per week.
# pup - Monday 15 November, 2021
# Jobseeker's Benefit
ICTU general secretary says higher PUP rate highlight paltry nature of Jobseeker's Benefit, Ian Curran writes. Calls to move to European-style system, where welfare benefits are based on a percentage of past earnings. Irish flat-rate system dates back to period before independence.
# pup - Monday 1 November, 2021
# PUP Scam
# PUP Scam
The email addresses of 74 HSE and Tusla employees were used for fraudulent claims
# pup - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# Budget 2022
# Budget 2022
The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme will be closed to new entrants in January.
# pup - Monday 11 October, 2021
# Covid PUP
# Covid PUP
The Department of Social Protection said that 97,130 people got a payment this week.
# pup - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Income Support
# Income Support
A total of 106,245 people received the payment this week.
# pup - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Redundancy Package
# Redundancy Package
The State will make a special payment of up to a maximum of €1,860 under the scheme.
# pup - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Pandemic Payment
# Pandemic Payment
It’s the least amount of people on the payment since the scheme was introduced in March 2020.
# pup - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Income Support
# Income Support
The process of moving some PUP recipients to jobseeker’s payments has been deferred until late October.
# pup - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Income Support
# Income Support
Students who have been availing of the scheme will receive their final payments today.
# pup - Friday 27 August, 2021
# Live Events
# Live Events
Today the Cabinet sub-committee is meeting to discuss the roadmap for the next phase of reopening.
# pup - Monday 9 August, 2021
# Spend Spend Spend
# Spend Spend Spend
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys described the increase as “extraordinary”.
# pup - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# New Low
# New Low
The overall bill for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment now stands at over €8.3 billion.
# pup - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Evening Fix
# Evening Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# PUP
# PUP
Thousands of hospitality workers are expected to return to work over the coming weeks.
# pup - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
All recipients of the payment have to confirm their continued eligibility by 20 July.
# pup - Tuesday 6 July, 2021
# Work
# Work
Under 25s are the age group with the largest number of PUP recipients.
# pup - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Pandemic Payments
# Pandemic Payments
The payment is not a disincentive to employment, new research has found.
# pup - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
This is the lowest number of people in receipt of the PUP since December.
# pup - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The payment is due to be abolished next February.
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
With the phasing out of the PUP , government is keen to bring in pay-related unemployment payments.
# PUP
The Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be phased out as part of the Covid-19 stimulus plan The Covid wage subsidy scheme will be extended until the end of the year Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the pandemic caused "the most rapid and dramatic recession recorded outside of the world wars"
# pup - Monday 31 May, 2021
# Recovery Plan
# Recovery Plan
The PUP will be closed off to new applicants from July as the country begins to emerge from the Covid pandemic.
# pup - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
Leo Varadkar said there would be no dramatic changes. An announcement will be made on Tuesday.
# pup - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
The man is alleged to have claimed €8,000 in fraudulent claims spread across the PUP and social welfare system.
# pup - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Job Losses
# Job Losses
New research by the ESRI shows employment is 14% below pre-pandemic levels for people aged 15-34.
# pup - Tuesday 4 May, 2021
# Work
# Work
Over 12,000 people have closed their claim in the last week because they have returned to work.
# pup - Tuesday 20 April, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
Construction is the sector that saw the largest decrease in the number of people receiving the payment.
# pup - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
Construction is the sector that saw the largest decrease in the number of people receiving the payment.
# pup - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Cork
# Cork
It is understood the man allegedly claimed in the region of €6,000 last year.
# pup - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Phishing Scam
# Phishing Scam
Personal data was collected through a phishing email and used to make applications for the pandemic unemployment payment.
# pup - Monday 8 March, 2021
# Pup Payments
# Pup Payments
This week’s PUP payments are valued at €139 million.
# pup - Monday 1 March, 2021
# Covid Payment
# Covid Payment
The total value of the payments is €140.34 million.
# pup - Tuesday 23 February, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
A new CSO report says that supports such as the PUP prevented significant falls in household income.
# pup - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# Unemployment
# Unemployment
Varadkar said the phasing out of the PUP provides an opportunity to reform the country’s social welfare system.
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