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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2020

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Questions (567)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Question:

567. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving pandemic unemployment payments of €203, €250 and €300 per week by the sector in which they previously worked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25592/20]

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The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is now paid at three rates. Age and sex breakdowns at the payable PUP rates are published each week at https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/f4c60c-covid-19-statistics/ . The breakdown by sector is provided in the table below. The Deputy should note that the sector breakdowns are based on the sector of the last known employer and may not reflect the current sector of self-employed PUP recipients.

Table 1: PUP recipients by rate payable week ending 26th September 2020

Sector

€203

€250

€300

A Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing

732

452

1,496

B Mining and Quarrying

27

15

138

C Manufacturing

1,793

1,409

8,473

D Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply

40

28

140

E Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation activities

86

62

514

F Construction

2,621

2,003

11,512

G Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles

6,964

6,178

17,333

H Transport and Storage

1,253

1,200

5,425

I Accommodation and Food service activities

10,705

9,512

24,683

J Information and Communication activities

1,207

771

3,961

K Financial and Insurance activities

1,360

827

3,158

L Real Estate activities

732

590

1,864

M Professional, Scientific and Technical activities

1,989

1,427

7,610

N Administrative and Support service activities

4,386

3,502

14,910

O Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security

1,344

730

2,277

P Education

2,654

1,789

5,227

Q Human Health and Social Work activities

2,106

1,618

4,201

R Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

1,885

1,130

2,807

S Other service activities

2,204

1,602

3,733

T Activities of Households as Employers

559

322

899

U Activities of Extra-territorial Organizations and Bodies

2

0

3

Unclassified or Unknown

3,804

840

1,517

Total

48,453

36,007

121,881

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