# 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.
# pup - Monday 1 February, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
Over 10,000 people closed their PUP claims last week.
