Over 437,000 people received the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week
Construction is the sector that saw the largest decrease in the number of people receiving the payment.
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Construction is the sector that saw the largest decrease in the number of people receiving the payment.
It is understood the man allegedly claimed in the region of €6,000 last year.
Personal data was collected through a phishing email and used to make applications for the pandemic unemployment payment.
This week’s PUP payments are valued at €139 million.
The total value of the payments is €140.34 million.
A new CSO report says that supports such as the PUP prevented significant falls in household income.
Varadkar said the phasing out of the PUP provides an opportunity to reform the country’s social welfare system.
Over 10,000 people closed their PUP claims last week.
Some of the biggest FDI sites in the country are open under government exemptions.
A total of 459,921 people will receive the payment this week.
Preliminary statements of tax liability were released today.
Almost 400,000 people will receive the PUP tomorrow, an increase of 18.7% on last week.
Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme rates will also remain in place.
The scheme has cost the State over €5 billion since last March.
Minister Heather Humphreys said applications would be processed “without delay”.
Claimants will receive a double payment tomorrow to cover both this week and next week.
There are just over 300,000 people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment.
The move aims to help those who want to take up occasional intermittent work without losing their payment,
Personal data was collected through a phishing email and used to make applications for the pandemic unemployment payment.
Over 102,321 people in the sector are on the payment.
Some cases progressed more slowly due to their complexity and due to inadequate or inaccurate information provided.
The bonus will be paid in the week beginning 7 December.
Following a decision in September, the PUP was due to close to new applications on 31 December.
Over €4.3 billion has been issued in total since the PUP was introduced earlier this year.
The Committee voted in favour of the Finance Bill clause this afternoon.
The minister for social protection said the rise in the number of PUP recipients was expected given the Level 5 restrictions in place.
Young people have been hit especially hard in the latest unemployment figures.
Almost 330,000 people are now receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
Heather Humphreys said this rise reflects the “economic impact” of moving to Level 5.
The payment was cut to a maximum of €300 per week last month.
244,153 people are now in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
The PUP is set to be cut again in February with the rate of payment due to be reduced from €250 to €203.
The measure was announced as part of Budget 2021 today.
The announcement that those on the PUP in December will receive a Christmas bonus was part of Budget 2021 announced today.
228,858 people are now in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
Sinn Féin said it would aim to spend €18.28 billion in total, €6.28 billion more than the government’s target.
More than 210,000 people received the payment for the week ending 3 October.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said specific sector supports are under consideration.
The impact of the Level 3 restrictions is now being reflected in the PUP figures.
The Sinn Féin leader called for the government to reverse the reduction.