Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
953. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons due to have their pandemic unemployment payment cut from 30 June 2020 who are less than and more than 25 years of age, respectively. [10895/20]
View answerThe implications of the changes to the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) announced on June 5th 2020 is currently being evaluated by my Department in respect of all recipients of this payment.
However, I am advised that based on the Pandemic Unemployment Payments issued on June 9th, a total of 43,790 recipients were under 25 years of age and had weekly earnings of less than €200. Note that the earnings were calculated from Revenue payroll data in early 2020 and that this number would not include persons who are self-employed.
