Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
537. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients since March 2020, by month; and the number of pandemic unemployment payment claim closures since March 2020, by month, employment and sector, in tabular form. [11289/21]
View answerSummary information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below, while the larger tables are provided in the attached document. The recipient and closure numbers set out here refer to the total number of individuals who were in receipt of a PUP or closed their PUP over the course of the calendar month. As such, the monthly totals here are greater than the individual weekly totals reported each week by my Department.
Please note that figures referring to February 2021 refer to recipients and/or closures to February 23rd 2020. Sectoral details are based on the NACE code of the last known employer, while employment / self-employment details are based on details provided by PUP recipients on their application.
|
Month |
Total Individual Recipients |
Individuals with Closures |
|
Mar 2020 |
398,695 |
9,728 |
|
Apr 2020 |
642,830 |
57,867 |
|
May 2020 |
627,551 |
106,330 |
|
Jun 2020 |
563,022 |
140,062 |
|
Jul 2020 |
422,210 |
135,262 |
|
Aug 2020 |
287,275 |
42,175 |
|
Sep 2020 |
254,568 |
45,024 |
|
Oct 2020 |
335,036 |
24,880 |
|
Nov 2020 |
367,037 |
28,176 |
|
Dec 2020 |
371,162 |
97,764 |
|
Jan 2021 |
491,880 |
34,824 |
|
Feb 2021 |
504,523 |
36,659 |
