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# PUP

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Low-income families faced losing up to 30% of earnings without lockdown supports, CSO says
23 Feb 2021
10.6k
17
New unemployment payment linked to past working history set to be introduced when PUP is phased out
6 Feb 2021
186k
71
480,000 workers to receive Pandemic Unemployment Payment tomorrow
1 Feb 2021
20.8k
17
'About 30%' of construction sites remaining open despite Level 5 shutdown
19 Jan 2021
67.2k
35
Pandemic Unemployment Payment claimants reach almost 460,000, highest figure since June
18 Jan 2021
9.7k
11
Revenue website buckles as thousands attempt to check Covid tax bills
15 Jan 2021
47.4k
49
Construction workers face cost of restrictions as PUP recipients rise to nearly 400,000
Updated 11 Jan 2021
57.6k
20
Pandemic Unemployment Payment rates to remain in place until 31 March
Updated 6 Jan 2021
41.0k
26
PUP claimants reach 335,600 people as ministers promise payments won't change during Level 5
Updated 5 Jan 2021
51.7k
57
New arrangements for people to claim Pandemic Unemployment Payment between now and new year
22 Dec 2020
89.3k
10
Number receiving Pandemic Unemployment Payment falls 28,500 in one week
21 Dec 2020
11.1k
9
40,000 people close PUP claims and return to work as €90 million paid out this week
14 Dec 2020
14.6k
8
Self-employed people allowed earn €960 over two months without losing their Pandemic Unemployment Payment
9 Dec 2020
72.1k
19
Man arrested after phishing email used to make fraudulent PUP claims
8 Dec 2020
14.0k
The largest cohort on the PUP right now? Workers in accommodation and food services
3 Dec 2020
36.6k
8
Pandemic Unemployment Payment arrears to be paid to 286,000 recipients today
1 Dec 2020
25.5k
22
Christmas Bonus will be paid to over 1.6 million people in early December
26 Nov 2020
34.1k
43
Pandemic Unemployment Payment to remain open to new applications until 31 March 2021
24 Nov 2020
19.3k
13
More than 350,000 people still in receipt of Pandemic Unemployment Payment
23 Nov 2020
18.3k
26
Pandemic Unemployment Payment is subject to income tax, Dáil Finance Committee agrees
16 Nov 2020
112k
53
Over 340,000 receive Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week as total spend on scheme tops €4 billion
9 Nov 2020
23.7k
20
One in every five people out of work in October
4 Nov 2020
9.2k
8
Over 34,000 additional people receiving PUP since start of Level 5
3 Nov 2020
9.2k
12
Nearly 300,000 people now in receipt of the PUP as €350 rate returns
27 Oct 2020
39.2k
23
Highest level of Pandemic Unemployment Payment to be restored to €350 a week
19 Oct 2020
37.9k
39
Number receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment rises by over 15,000
19 Oct 2020
12.3k
26
Tánaiste indicates PUP may not be cut in February if pandemic doesn't improve
14 Oct 2020
21.3k
21
Self-employed people to be allowed claim Covid-19 welfare payment while earning through work
13 Oct 2020
47.0k
17
Most people on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will get a Christmas bonus
13 Oct 2020
49.0k
27
Number receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment jumps by over 23,000
12 Oct 2020
18.2k
26
Plans to 'reverse PUP cuts and double investment in housing': Sinn Féin launches alternative Budget
9 Oct 2020
21.7k
112
Call for PUP recipients under 25 to have higher rate of payment restored
9 Oct 2020
21.3k
22
German short-time work benefit model being considered by government ahead of Budget
30 Sep 2020
42.6k
12
Level 3 restrictions on Dublin prompts surge in applications for Pandemic Unemployment Payment
28 Sep 2020
24.4k
17
Cuts to Covid-19 unemployment payments are unfair, Mary Lou McDonald says
27 Sep 2020
30.8k
123
It would be unfair to restore PUP for one cohort of workers and not others, says minister
22 Sep 2020
28.0k
34
Taoiseach: Changes allowing people to do some work without losing PUP could form part of Budget
22 Sep 2020
55.8k
35
New Pandemic Unemployment Payment bands kick in today, here's what you need to know
17 Sep 2020
46.6k
22
Kildare, Laois and Offaly see small increase in people availing of PUP
24 Aug 2020
18.3k
7
Almost 28,000 people have had their PUP stopped after failing to confirm they still needed it
17 Aug 2020
41.7k
20
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