Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
536. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent to date on the pandemic unemployment payment; the breakdown of monthly spending on the payment since March 2020; and the number of recipients across each payment rate since March 2020, per month. [11288/21]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is in the attached tabular statement. Please note that figures for February 2021 refer to recipients up to February 23rd 2021.
|
€203 Recipients |
€250 Recipients |
€300 Recipients |
€350 Recipients |
Total Cost (€) |
|
|
Mar 2020 |
238,531 |
0 |
0 |
393,970 |
186,311,293 |
|
Apr 2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,343,179 |
820,112,650 |
|
May 2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,365,215 |
827,825,250 |
|
Jun 2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,470,556 |
864,694,600 |
|
Jul 2020 |
277,963 |
0 |
0 |
1,085,759 |
436,442,139 |
|
Aug 2020 |
212,299 |
0 |
0 |
794,199 |
321,066,347 |
|
Sept 2020 |
226,314 |
73,267 |
265,727 |
523,494 |
327,199,492 |
|
Oct 2020 |
200,908 |
185,486 |
505,431 |
143,461 |
288,996,474 |
|
Nov 2020 |
253,812 |
254,690 |
257,487 |
632,675 |
413,878,686 |
|
Dec 2020 |
304,409 |
282,612 |
283,295 |
706,335 |
464,653,777 |
|
Jan 2021 |
298,759 |
281,315 |
290,150 |
806,234 |
500,203,727 |
|
Feb 2021 |
331,772 |
308,098 |
321,322 |
954,284 |
574,770,216 |
|
Total |
6,026,154,651 |
