Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 July 2020
50. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment that reported self-employed and PAYE income within the same year; and the number of applicants that were denied the full rate of the payment on that basis. [19017/20]
View answerThe pandemic unemployment payment two-tiered payment structure was implemented by my Department on the July 7th 2020.
Since it's introduction a total of 3,702 people that reported self-employed and PAYE income within the same year were in receipt of the low-tier PUP payment of €203.
Of this number 2,563 people received the most recent PUP payment on July 28th 2020.
