Claire Kerrane
Question:499. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [23539/20]
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Questions (499, 501)
Claire Kerrane
Question:501. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the sectoral breakdown of those currently receiving the pandemic unemployment payment. [23541/20]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 501 together.
The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is detailed in the table below. A total of 219,913 people received a PUP the week ending September 12th 2020. This information is published by my Department on a weekly basis and is available at www.gov.ie/en/publication/f4c60c-covid-19-statistics/.
PUP Recipients week ending 12 September
|
Industry sector |
|
|
Unclassified or unknown |
6,517 |
|
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing |
3,063 |
|
Manufacturing |
12,048 |
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Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
874 |
|
Construction |
16,742 |
|
Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and motorcycles |
31,710 |
|
Transportation and storage |
9,159 |
|
Accommodation and food service activities |
46,759 |
|
Information and communication activities |
6,235 |
|
Financial and insurance activities |
5,704 |
|
Real Estate activities |
3,363 |
|
Professional, Scientific and Technical activities |
11,339 |
|
Administrative and support service activities |
23,289 |
|
Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security |
5,184 |
|
Education |
12,854 |
|
Human Health And Social Work activities |
9,087 |
|
Arts, entertainment and recreation |
6,136 |
|
Other Service activities |
9,850 |
|
Total |
219,913 |