The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the table below. The county breakdown is based on 239,112 of the 295,860 people still in receipt of Pandemic Unemployment Payments, as of the week ending 1st November 2020, who have made at least one PRSI contribution in 2018 (the latest full year of PRSI contributions available to my Department).
County
|
Number of PUP recipients with PRSI contributions in 2018
|
Carlow
|
2,560
|
Cavan
|
3,420
|
Clare
|
5,457
|
Cork
|
23,950
|
Donegal
|
8,998
|
Dublin
|
76,416
|
Galway
|
13,064
|
Kerry
|
9,808
|
Kildare
|
10,630
|
Kilkenny
|
3,896
|
Laois
|
3,054
|
Leitrim
|
1,413
|
Limerick
|
9,232
|
Longford
|
1,500
|
Louth
|
7,202
|
Mayo
|
6,246
|
Meath
|
9,195
|
Monaghan
|
2,961
|
Offaly
|
3,035
|
Roscommon
|
2,341
|
Sligo
|
3,004
|
Tipperary
|
6,494
|
Unknown
|
655
|
Waterford
|
5,610
|
Westmeath
|
4,334
|
Wexford
|
7,247
|
Wicklow
|
7,390
|
Total
|
239,112
|