Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
949. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously earned less than €200 a week in wages and were in receipt of a social welfare payment when they became unemployed by scheme type (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10891/20]
View answerTo receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), a person must have been in employment or self-employment in March, and must have lost their employment as a result of the public health emergency. The only jobseeker payment recipients who have received a PUP payment are those who were in part-time or casual employment who lost their employment due to the pandemic. Jobseeker numbers below refer only to those who were casually employed, who now receive the PUP.
The numbers in the following table are based only on 2018 earnings data, and are not necessarily a count of the number of recipients of these schemes expected to receive a reduced rate of PUP going forward.
Table 1: Current PUP recipients by selected schemes where 2018 Earnings were less than €200 per week
|
Scheme |
People |
|
Casual Jobseekers |
6,515 |
|
One Parent Family Payment |
2,263 |
|
Working Family Payment |
2,482 |
