Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
1062. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the cited figure of 38% recipients on the pandemic unemployment payment being disincentivised was arrived at in view of the fact they previously earned less than €300 per week, which was featured in Economic Considerations for Reinstating Economic Activity. [9507/20]
View answerThe earnings analysis in the above mentioned Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation report was based on work carried out by statisticians in my Department.
The analysis examined the latest available PRSI and earnings data (2018) for Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) recipients as of week commencing April 26th. Weekly earnings for PUP recipients on the 2018 earnings data were then calculated by dividing total earnings by the number of weeks worked. The results of the analysis are set out in the following table.
|
Average Weekly Earnings |
% of Week 6 PUP recipients where earnings data is available |
|
0 - 150 |
10.1% |
|
151 - 200 |
9.1% |
|
201 - 300 |
19.1% |
|
301 - 400 |
19.0% |
|
401 - 600 |
25.4% |
|
601+ |
17.3% |
