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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Questions (840)

Seán Sherlock

Question:

840. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the latest breakdown of those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who were previously PAYE earners or self-employed, by county, in tabular form. [32392/20]

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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

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